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Divine-spark believers targeted by the Church because they could not be brought back into orthodoxy.
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Cathars
Divine-spark believers targeted by the Church because they could not be brought back into orthodoxy.
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Cathars threaten the Church because they insist the divine spark is within them and cannot be educated out of that knowledge.
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Jiang says the Cathar crusade is not only religious but geopolitical because local lords resent Catholic power and support Cathars.
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Jiang argues that violence fails against Cathars because martyrdom confirms their theology and can strengthen community attachment.
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Inquisition precision is described as more effective than indiscriminate crusade violence because it identifies a minority, punishes them publicly, and makes resistance feel futile.
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"So they're a bank, basically. And then they can use this money to start investing throughout Europe, and so they become a very wealthy..."
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"And these people are called the Cathars. And the church sees them as a threat. And that's why they launch a crusade against these..."
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"...first want to educate you in what is right, okay? The Cathars believe that, no, no, the divine spark is in me. I know..."
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"Okay, so again, the Catholic Church is, if you disagree with us, it doesn't mean you're a heretic."
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"Ultimately, only three women recanted. The 140 who refused were burned at the stake. Some entered the flames voluntarily, not awaiting their executioners."
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"So if you believe in the divine spark, okay, you believe you've discovered truth, you're not afraid of death. So the Catholics are saying..."
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"...And Roman, Roman de Termis, agreed to a temporary truce. The Cathars were briefly relieved by an intense rainstorm, and so Reman refused to..."
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"...can see, what's really important to understand is the crusade against Cathars is not just a religious crusade. It's also one of geopolitics where..."
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"...neighbors, okay? So when the Pope declares a crusade against these Cathars, what happens is the entire community rallies around them and tries to..."
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"...and they know that the crusaders only want to kill the Cathars, not the Catholics, okay? They're Catholics. The crusade doesn't want to kill..."
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"...they're within the church hierarchy. They obey the Pope, and the Cathars didn't obey the Pope. The Waldensians thought the Pope was the devil,..."
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"...they will figure out the truth. And then they'll punish the Cathars. So there's really no point in resisting. Okay? And again, remember, this..."
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Rome fails to build a bureaucracy, Byzantium survives behind walls, and Western Europe is ruled by a stranger empire: a church that claims the sky, the soul, and the right to make impossible doctrine...
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