Posts Tagged ‘The Great Heresies’
The Albigensian Attack (conclusion)
All the sacraments were abandoned. In their place a strange ritual was adopted, mixed up with fire worship, called “The Consolation,” in which it was professed that the soul was purified.
The Albigensian Attack (continued)
So it was with the great Albigensian Fury of 800 and 900 years ago. Its origins are therefore obscure, but we can trace them.
The Albigensian Attack (continued)
Anyone who will read the details of the Albigensian story will be struck over and over again by the singularly modern attitude of these ancient heretics, because they had the same root as the Puritans who still, unhappily, survive among us.
The Albigensian Attack
In the heart of the Middle Ages, just when they were working up to their most splendid phase, the great thirteenth century, there arose a singular and powerful attack upon the Catholic Church and all the culture for which it stood.
The Great and Enduring Heresy of Mohammed
We are about to follow the fortunes of this extraordinary thing which still calls itself Islam, that is, “The Acceptation” of the morals and simple doctrines which Mohammed had preached.