Bonacursus
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Bonacursus was a Cathar
who converted to Catholicism
and released a confessional report to the people of Milan
exposing the nature of the Cathar heresy entitled Manefestatio haeresis catharorom quam fesit Bonacursus sometime between 1176 and 1190. He also reported on the Pasagian heresy as well as the Arnoldist
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Cathar
Catharism was a name given to a Christian religious sect with dualistic and gnostic elements that appeared in the Languedoc region of France and other parts of Europe in the 11th century and flourished in the 12th and 13th centuries...
who converted to Catholicism
Catholicism
Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
and released a confessional report to the people of Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
exposing the nature of the Cathar heresy entitled Manefestatio haeresis catharorom quam fesit Bonacursus sometime between 1176 and 1190. He also reported on the Pasagian heresy as well as the Arnoldist
Arnoldist
Arnoldists were a Christian sect in the 12th century, named after Arnold of Brescia who criticized the great wealth and possessions of the Roman Catholic Church, and preached against baptism and the Eucharist. His disciples were also called Publicans or Poplecans, a name probably deriving from...
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