The following is meant to be a companion to the previous post “Catharism, Calvary Chapel, and Catholicism” (though long overdue! ☹). On a broader level The following is meant to be a companion to the previous post “Catharism, Calvary Chapel, and Catholicism”. On a broader level it can serve as a resource for a few primary sources on Catharism in the Middle Ages. It includes a pair of orthodox writers as well as a citation from the Charter of Niquinta which is alleged to have come from the Cathar council at Saint-Félix-de-Caraman, ca.1167.
We picture Europe before the Protestant Reformation as a faithfully Catholic land, although some historians joke that this is because monks were writing