THE ALBIGENSIAN HERESY

BY: OWEN DAUGHERTY AND TREVOR HUDDLESTON

WHEN ALBIGENSIAN HERESY STARTED

THE ALBIGENSIAN HERESY WAS A NAME GIVEN TO ALL

HERETICS LIVING IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AROUND THE
TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES.
IT WAS BROUGHT TO SOUTHERN FRANCE FROM TRADE
ROUTES AROUND EUROPE.
THERE IS NO SPECIFIC END DATE.
ALBIGENSIAN HERESY BELIEFS
THE ALBIGENSES BELIEVES IN CATHARI, A DUALIST RELIGIOUS
MOVEMENT.
DUALIST MEANING THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS ONE GOOD AND ONE EVIL
PRINCIPLE IN THE WORLD.
THEIR MAIN BELIEF WAS THE THE EARTH WAS A POINT WHERE GOOD
(THE SOULS OF PEOPLE) MET EVIL (ALL MATTER IN THE WORLD, SUCH AS
HUMAN BODIES).
THEY STARTED A MOVEMENT AGAINST PRIESTS AND THE CLERGY
BECAUSE THEY WERE RICH AND THE ALBIGENSES DISLIKED THE IDEA OF
PLEASURE IN THE WORLD LIKE MATERIAL ITEMS
BECAUSE THEY AVOIDED EARTHLY PLEASURES THEY DID NOT GET MARRIED,
DID NOT EAT FOOD THAT TASTED GOOD, AND SOME EVEN COMMITTED
SUICIDE TO GET RID OF THEIR EARTHLY BODY.
THE CHURCH DISAGREES

THE CHURCH DISPROVED THIS HERESY BECAUSE IT IS KNOWN THAT GOD

CREATED EVERYTHING GOOD.
THEREFORE, EARTHLY MATERIALS COULD NOT BE EVIL
THE CHURCH ALSO SAID THAT BY THEIR BELIEF THAT ALL MATERIAL
THINGS SUCH AS HUMAN BODIES WERE EVIL, THEY DENIED THE
INCARNATION OF JESUS.
BY THIS BELIEF, THE VERY BODY OF GOD WOULD BE A SINFUL OBJECT.
WHO FOUGHT AGAINST ALBIGENSIAN HERESY?

THE MAIN FIGHTERS OF THIS HERESY WERE POPE INNOCENT III AND
SAINT DOMINIC.
POPE INNOCENT III CALLED THE ALBIGENSIAN CRUSADE TO BATTLE THE
HERETICS.
SAINT DOMINIC CREATED A GROUP CALLED THE DOMINICANS TO
PREACH TO THE HERETICS LIVING IN SOUTHERN FRANCE.
THE HERESY STARTS TO FALL

AFTER POPE INNOCENT CALLED THE ALBIGENSIAN CRUSADE IN 1208,

THE HERESY STARTED TO DIMINISH.
MANY PEOPLE IN NORTHERN FRANCE SAW THIS AS AN EASY
OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN EASY INDULGENCE SINCE FRANCE WAS SO CLOSE
TO THEM, GIVING THE CRUSADE A LOT OF SUPPORT.
THE CRUSADE NEVER COMPLETELY GOT RID OF THE ALBIGENSIAN
HERESY, BUT IT IS THE MAIN REASON IT DIED DOWN.
WORKS CITED

BALDWIN, MARSHALL W., AND THOMAS F. MADDEN. "ALBIGENSIAN

CRUSADE." ENCYCLOPDIA BRITANNICA. ENCYCLOPDIA BRITANNICA,
INC., 05 MAY 2010. WEB. 30 MAR. 2017.
"THE ROSARY AND SAINT DOMINIC DEFEAT HERESY." AMERICAN TFP.
N.P., 29 SEPT. 2016. WEB. 30 MAR. 2017.