The religious doctrines and beliefs of the Albigenses; a dualist Christian heresy emphasizing the conflict between good and evil.
From Albigenses plus -ism, a suffix indicating a system of beliefs or ideology. This names the theological system and practices of the sect.
Albigensianism was one of the most threatening heresies to the medieval Catholic Church because it had a complete alternative theology—not just minor disagreements—making it existentially dangerous to Church authority.
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