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==Legacy of Catharism== | ==Legacy of Catharism== | ||
The Cathars could be seen as prefiguring Protestantism in that they denied transubstantiation, purgatory, prayers for the dead and prayers to [[saint]]s. They also believed that the scriptures should be read in the vernacular. 20th century Baptists have argued that the Cathars are part of Baptist successionism; placing the Cathars as forerunners of Baptist theology. | The Cathars could be seen as prefiguring Protestantism in that they denied transubstantiation, [[purgatory]], prayers for the dead and prayers to [[saint]]s. They also believed that the scriptures should be read in the vernacular. 20th century Baptists have argued that the Cathars are part of Baptist successionism; placing the Cathars as forerunners of Baptist theology. | ||
There is academic controversy about whether Catharism was a real and organized movement or whether the medieval Church imagined or exaggerated it. The lack of any central organization among Cathars, regional differences in beliefs and practices, as well as the lack of sources from the Cathars themselves has prompted some scholars to question whether Catharism existed. Other scholars say that there is evidence of the existence of Catharism, and also evidence that the threat of it was exaggerated by its persecutors in the Church. Since the 1990s, some scholars have regarded the fear of Cathars as a moral panic. | There is academic controversy about whether Catharism was a real and organized movement or whether the medieval Church imagined or exaggerated it. The lack of any central organization among Cathars, regional differences in beliefs and practices, as well as the lack of sources from the Cathars themselves has prompted some scholars to question whether Catharism existed. Other scholars say that there is evidence of the existence of Catharism, and also evidence that the threat of it was exaggerated by its persecutors in the Church. Since the 1990s, some scholars have regarded the fear of Cathars as a moral panic. | ||