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Original documents by Cathars and Catholics. English translations from the Greek, Latin or Occitan.

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• A Cathar Gospel

  http://www.cathar.info/121203_john.htm
  Annotated English translation of the Book of John the Evangelist, a Bogomil document used by medieval Italian Cathars and seized by the Inquisition.

• An English Translation of an Extract from the Chronicle of Ralph, Abbot of Coggershall

  http://www.cathar.info/121206_coggershall.htm
  Anotated English translation of the abbot's account of the discovery of Cathars in Rheims in the twelfth century.

• An English translation of Bernard Gui, Inquisitors Manual, on the Cathars

  http://www.cathar.info/121207_guicathars.htm
  Anotated English translation of An Extract from Bernard Gui's fourteenth century Inquisitorial Technique, on the Albigensians (Cathars)

• Anna Comnena on The Bogomils

  http://www.cathar.info/121212_comnena.htm
  English translation of Anna Comnena's account of the Bogomils, from the Alexiad, c. 1110

• Caesarius of Heisterbach on Medieval Heresies

  http://www.cathar.info/121211_heisterbach.htm
  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"

• Fourth Lateran Council, 1215: Canon 3 on Heresy

  http://www.cathar.info/121201_4lateran1215.htm
  Anotated English translation of Canon 3 of the Fourth Lateran Council, 1215, on heresy, including the Cathar heresy.

• On the Accusations against the Albigensians

  http://www.cathar.info/121202_raynaldus.htm
  An account from an early thirteenth century Latin chronicle by the Cistercian monk Raynaldus writing against the Albigensians, or Cathars. English translation by Nancy Stork.

• The Cathar Ceremony of the Apparelhamentum

  http://www.cathar.info/121204_lyons_apparelhamentum.htm
  English translation of the Cathar Rite of the Apparelhamentum (General Confession) from the Lyons Ritual.

• The Cathar Ceremony of the Consolamentum

  http://www.cathar.info/121204_lyons_consolamentum.htm
  English translation of the Cosolamentum, the Cathar rite by which a "believer" became a member of the "Elect". Text taken from the Lyons Ritual and translated by Nancy Stork.

• The Inquisition Record of Jacques Fournier

  http://www.sjsu.edu/people/nancy.stork/jacquesfournier/
  English translations by Nancy Stork of Inquisition records of the Bishop of Pamiers 1318-1325, including examinations of suspected Cathars.

• The Siege of Toulouse in 1217-18, according to The Chronicle of William of Puylaurens

  http://www.cathar.info/121208_toulouse.htm
  anotated English translation The Siege of Toulouse in 1217-18, according to The Chronicle of William of Puylaurens

 

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