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An official history of the Catholic church in Tanzania.
Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1908.
A survey of the history of the Inquisition by Father William Saunders.
From the Medieval Sourcebook.
A detailed overview from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
This name is given to the convention of the 26th Messidor, year IX (July 16, 1802), whereby Pope Pius VII and Bonaparte, First Consul, re-established the Catholic Church in France. From the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Book review on a book examining the lives of four French prelates in the late Middle Ages.
Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
An article by Alexandra Wilhemson.
A list of heresies with some of the responses of the Church.
An introduction and collection of sources from the Medieval Sourcebook on the relationship between the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor.
Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Report of a commission set up in 1393 by the French King on how best to end the schism. From the Medieval Sourcebook.
By this decree Pope Pius II struck at the Concilar movement, and lablled as "erroneous and detestable" one of the central ideas of the Conciliarists-the right of appeal from pope to general council. From the Medieval Sourcebook.
Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
English priest and prominent historian. From the Catholic Encyclopedia.
A discussion on Arianism, with information from a number of sources.
This Catholic Encyclopedia article discusses two varieties: the earlier group called Ebionites denied the divinity of Christ; the later Ebionites were a Gnostic sect who believed that matter was eternal and was God's body.
Wikipedia article about the origin, history, theology and sacred writings of Manichaeism.
A discussion on Monarchians, which were divided into two groups, the Adoptionists, or Dynamic Monarchians, and the Patripassians, or Modalistic Monarchians.
A Wikipedia article with brief descriptions of two models, Modalism and Adoptionism.
A Catholic Encyclopedia article on the history and theology of this modification of Monophysitism which proposed that Christ had no human free will.
A chapter in on the history, character and tenets of Montanism in "The History of the Christian Church" by Philip Schaff.
A historical article on Augustine and Pelagianism and Semi-Pelaginism.
Legends and theories concerning the Cathars of the Languedoc and their alleged links to Rennes-le-Chateau, the Knights Templar, the Holy Grail, the Ark of the Covenant, and the Da Vinci Code.
John I was involved in a destructive battle with the church, and he was forced into this surrender in 1213 - two years before the Magna Carta. From the Medieval Sourcebook.
English translation of the Cathar Rite of the Apparelhamentum (General Confession) from the Lyons Ritual.
Anotated English translation of Canon 3 of the Fourth Lateran Council, 1215, on heresy, including the Cathar heresy.
Annotated English translation of Caesarius of Heisterbach: Medieval Heresies (Dialogue on Miracles V: 20-22) including the words allegedly spoken by Arnaud Amoury: "Kill them all for the Lord knoweth them that are His"
Historical survey.