Tuesday 18 December 2012

Cathar=الكاثار


Cathar=الكاثار
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
Cathar (n.)
1570s (implied in Catharism), from Medieval Latin Cathari "the Pure," name taken by Novatians and other Christian sects, from New Testament Greek katharezein "to make clean," from Greek katheros "pure."
WIKIPEDIA
Catharism (/ˈkæθərɪzəm/; from Greek: καθαρός, katharos, pure)[1] was a name given to a Christian religious movement 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





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