Good Men

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Good Men were the ascetic spiritual leaders and adherents of the medieval Christian dualist movement known as Catharism, particularly active in southern France and northern Italy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ascetic community
religious group
activeInCentury 12th century
13th century
activeInPeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED
alternativeName Bons Hommes NERFINISHED
Bonshommes NERFINISHED
associatedWith Cathar Perfects NERFINISHED
clothingPractice simple dark robes
condemnedAs heretics
dietaryPractice vegetarian tendencies
doctrineType Christian dualism
educationRole taught Cathar doctrine to believers
endOfMovement largely eradicated by 14th century
ethicalTeaching rejection of killing
rejection of oaths
rejection of property ownership
genderInclusion included women as Good Women or Bonnes Femmes
geographicRegion northern Italy NERFINISHED
southern France NERFINISHED
influenceRegion County of Toulouse NERFINISHED
Languedoc NERFINISHED
Lombardy NERFINISHED
languageOfName Occitan NERFINISHED
organizationalStructure itinerant preachers
persecutedBy Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED
persecutedInEvent Albigensian Crusade NERFINISHED
practicedAsceticism true
religion Christianity
religiousAffiliation Cathars NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Catharism NERFINISHED
requiredRitual consolamentum
ritualRole administered consolamentum
preached to laity
roleInMovement religious adherents
spiritual leaders
scripturalBasis New Testament NERFINISHED
socialRole moral exemplars for Cathar communities
travelPattern moved in pairs
viewOnChurch rejected authority of Roman Catholic Church
viewOnGod belief in two opposing principles
viewOnSacraments rejected Catholic sacraments except consolamentum
viewOnWorld material world is evil
vowType celibacy
non-violence
poverty

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Catharism followersCalled Good Men