MARCH 21:  INQUISITION AND PERSECUTION

The Suffering Christ:  a new focus of Christian piety

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Transubstantiation:  The Eucharist as the Body of Christ

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Eucharistic Piety:

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The Church and the Jews: Ecclesia and Synagoga personified (Strasbourg Cathedral)

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A stronghold of heretics:  Montsegur, castle of the Cathars

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The Inquisition in Action

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But trust us, it's for your own good!  Or would you rather end up here?

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Pope Innocent III:

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St. Dominic:

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Dominic and the Inquisition:

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