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#331 Catholics and Inquisitions (Part 2) - Christopher Check

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The Inquisition and the Cathars

The Cathars were a group of Albejansians in the 13th century. They believed that they had thrown off the wickedness of the material world. This led to violent political manifestations, vandalism of churches and infanticide. The reaction to their bad behavior was what we would today call vigilante justice or mob justice. And so it's in this society that the Inquisition develops.

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