Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jclark@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (John Clark) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: ---> KILLING in the name of God Message-ID: Date: 25 Jun 91 06:33:50 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 34 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article or.another!somethin@uunet.uu.net writes: +I came across this in another group. I have excluded the authors name +so that you religion-zealots won't flame her via e-mail : +------------------------------------------------------- + + Anyone here remember the Albegensians? They were a nation on the +northern coast of Africa which were exterminated by the Catholic Church Uh, Languedoc, what is now southwestern France. The group's title was Cathars, a dualist philosophy of good vs. evil. For those who feel that the question of 'if God is good, whence evil?' is new, then you will be surpised to note that this is the 1100-1200 installment of that perenial question of Christian Theology. +attack. The commander of the forces, one Domingo De Guzman(sp), was +approached by a subordinate who reminded the commander that there were Dominic De Guzman was the founder of the Dominican order of friars. The person reputed to have said the above was Abbot Arnald-Amaury leader of the crusaders appointed by Innocent III(what a name). The battle was for the town of Bezier in July 1209. Where the Dominicans come into this is as the area was placed under the control of papal allies, the Dominicans were placed in charge of irradicating any remaing Cathars or sympathizers. Reference: David Roberts, "Heretics, inquisitors and a gory crusade", May 1991 Smithsonian. -- John Clark jclark@ucsd.edu