Sublime

The Cathars’ claim to be part of an authentic apostolic tradition dating back to the time of Christ cannot be proved, it can only be inferred. The Catholic Church’s claim to descend from Peter is also historically unverifiable. Something that perhaps finds in the Cathars’ favour is one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, only made public for the first time in

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Since their demise, many legends have circulated about the Cathars, usually centring around the so-called Cathar Treasure, which was said to have disappeared during the siege of Montségur, and their relationship with the Troubadours and the Knights Templar. While much of this seems to be the result of the romanticisation of the faith by writers suc

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