Associations to the word «Catharism»

Wiktionary

CATHARISM, proper noun. A Christian religious sect of mediaeval Europe, with dualistic and gnostic elements.

Dictionary definition

CATHARISM, noun. A Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil); was exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition.

Wise words

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus