AHC: Catharism survives to this day

Intransigent Southerner

The last Cathars seem to have died off around the 14th century in southern Occitania, but could they have survived the Inquisition, the Wars of Religion, and the consolidation of Early Modernity to remain a minority religion in southern France even today?
 

Alex Zetsu

It's dead? I heard about some officially Protestant community in southern France that seem very much like Cathars and not much like Cavanists, in fact having more with Catholics than Calvinists (although this Protestant variant obviously not caring about the Pope by definition)
 

CountPeter

Provided it became large enough that it was well known throughout Europe, could it be a replacement in part for Protestantism?
Whilst maybe a stretch, one of the theories behind the spread of Protestantism was as a way of keeping the Christian legitimacy whilst not having to pay towards the papacy.

Catharism is certainly more strict, but it seems like at least a country or two might follow it.
 

MerryPrankster

Alex Zetsu said:
It's dead? I heard about some officially Protestant community in southern France that seem very much like Cathars and not much like Cavanists, in fact having more with Catholics than Calvinists (although this Protestant variant obviously not caring about the Pope by definition)
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Can you elaborate?
 

MerryPrankster

The Tokugawa tried to wipe out Christianity in Japan, but there was a population of "hidden Christians" that remained until the Meiji period.

The Cathari seem to have totally been exterminated, but maybe some isolated tiny population survives somewhere until the heat is off?
 

Lalli

Byzantion said:
New world Cathars
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Wasn't there some TL here about New World Cathars?

But it seems very difficult if not impossible Cathars to survive when Catholics persecuted them strictly. Perhaps best case is that some Cathars escape to North Africa or Middle East. Muslims might be bit more tolerate towards them.
 
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