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Perfect (also known as a Parfait in French or Perfectus in Latin) was the name given by Bernard of Clairvaux to the leaders of the mediaeval Christian religious movement in southern France and northern Italy commonly referred to as the Cathars. The Perfecti were not clerics in any way, but merely members who had become 'adepts' in the teaching, and whose role was that of aiding other ordinary members achieve the rewards of belief and practice. The term reflects the fact that such a person was seen by the Catholic Church as the "perfect heretic".[1] As "bonhommes" (their term), Perfecti were expected to follow a lifestyle of extreme austerity and renunciation of the world which included abstaining from eating meat and avoiding all sexual contact.[citation needed] They were thus recognized as trans-material (i.e. spiritualized) angels by their followers, the Credentes (Croyant in French, Believers in English). Perfecti were drawn from all walks of life and counted aristocrats, merchants and peasants among their number. Women could also become Perfecti and were known as Parfaites or Perfectae.
^Bruschi, Caterina; Biller, Peter (2003). Text and the Repression of Medieval Heresy. York Medieval Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-903153-10-9.
return to God. As Perfects they were seen to be "equal unto the angels" and thus already semi-divine by Cathar believers. A CatharPerfect had to undergo...
Catharism (/ˈkæθərɪzəm/ KATH-ər-iz-əm; from the Ancient Greek: καθαροί, romanized: katharoí, "the pure ones") was a Christian quasi-dualist or pseudo-Gnostic...
albigeois) or Cathar Crusade (1209–1229) was a military and ideological campaign initiated by Pope Innocent III to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc, what...
the Cathars in Languedoc, and a short guide to Cathar heritage Cathar Country Cathars, Cathar Beliefs and Cathar Castles. Cathar Castles Cathar Castles:...
decision to heal or not heal is God's will alone. A CatharPerfect, the highest initiate in the Cathar hierarchy after spending time as a Listener and then...
ceremony the consoled individual became a "CatharPerfect" or "Parfait". According to the Albigenses and other Cathars, the consolamentum was an immersion (or...
language Perfect Developer, a tool for developing computer programs CatharPerfect, a Cathar priest Perfect Creek, Ohio, United States Perfect, a cocktail...
of weaving Tavernier decided to become a CatharPerfect and traveled the region preaching and performing Cathar rites. In his travels he spent much of his...
the Cathar yellow cross was a distinguishing mark worn by repentant Cathars, who were ordered to wear it by the Roman Catholic Church. Catharism was a...
a prominent Cathar theologian. Born in Castres, he became a CatharPerfect and, between 1223 and 1226, Bishop of Toulouse in the Cathar Church. In the...
the Lectorium. He died in 1962. Ariège Catharose de Petri Cathars/Catharism, CatharPerfect, Credentes Christian mysticism Gnosticism Holy Grail Jan van...
defending the town, Catholics, and any Cathars who had not yet reached the status of perfect to go free. Three Catharperfects who repented were pardoned, but...
inside of it, to leave. The Cathars who had not yet reached the status of perfect were also allowed to go free. The Catharperfects were given the choice to...
church. Esclarmonde received the Cathar sacrament, the consolamentum, for becoming a CatharPerfect from the Cathar bishop Guilhabert de Castres in 1204...
monk-scribe, bishop, and saint Guillaume Bélibaste, French preacher and CatharPerfect James of Lausanne, French superior, theologian and writer Muhammad ibn...
bishops and relocated to Spain. Claiming a revelation from the medieval CatharPerfects (who he claimed had ascended to heaven like Elijah), Bereslavsky adopted...
Cynthia L. (1 December 2012). "Villerouge Termenes and the last of the Cathars". Stanford University. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved...
friends and associates, to Bishop Jacques Fournier who was hunting for Cathar heretics. He plays a prominent role in Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie's study Montaillou...
monk-scribe, bishop, and saint Guillaume Bélibaste, French preacher and CatharPerfect James of Lausanne, French superior, theologian and writer Muhammad ibn...
killed and CatharPerfect burnt to death by Crusader forces of Humbert V de Beaujeu Moissac massacre 1234 Moissac 210 Papal Inquisition 210 Cathars burned...
Credentes or Believers, were the ordinary followers of what became known as the Cathar or Albigensian movement, a heretical sect which flourished in western Europe...
they may have to surrender, fled by night. In 1309, the last known Catharperfect, Guillaume Bélibaste, fled Catalonia with Philippe of Alayrac. The latter...
Empire and later reaching Kievan Rus', Dalmatia, Serbia, Italy, and France (Cathars). The term Bogomil in free translation means "dear to God", and is a compound...
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