HIST-281 Lecture Notes - Lecture 49: Saint Dominic, Crown Lands Of France, Catharism
4 Nov 2020
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It set the number of sacraments at a firm 7. Baptism, eucharist, penance, confirmation, matrimony, ordination, extreme unction: heretics. Innocent"s other policy aimed to root out heretics close to home. The albigensians or cathars were practicing a dualistic christianity. They saw it as an epic battle between forces of light and darkness. The patriarchs of constantinople and rome agreed christianity was not a dualism. There is only one god, who is just and good and created this world. Satan is a fallen angel, a creature, by no means a counter god. The god of evil and darkness and injustice who was locked in war with the light. They were a heterodox christian group that was extant. It was once popular in the roman world. Innocent iii dealt with them by sending missionaries. The cathars refused and killed a missionary in 1207. He allowed the creation of a new order for this job. They are nicknamed so from dominic de guzman.
