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The populace for the most part listened to the preaching of the Dominicans with little enthusiasm. Many were undecided, and had not yet fully committed themselves to the doctrines of the Cathars. Some few who had been converted to Catharism were persuaded to come back to the Church and renounce the doctrines and practices of the Cathars by the reasoning [[argument]]s of the Dominican friars and priests with their [[Rhetoric|ehetorical]] appeals to the scriptures and the visible example of the living witness of their own way of life and simple asceticism. Most of the Cathars had been persuaded against the Church and state by the [[specious reasoning]] and [[polemical]] arguments in favor of dualism and the evil of the material body as being created by the [[Demiurge]] Satan and of wealth and property ownership and governmental authority in any form as an absolute evil and of the Jews as worshipers of Satan.

The populace for the most part listened to the preaching of the Dominicans with little enthusiasm. Many were undecided, and had not yet fully committed themselves to the doctrines of the Cathars. Some few who had been converted to Catharism were persuaded to come back to the Church and renounce the doctrines and practices of the Cathars by the reasoning [[argument]]s of the Dominican friars and priests with their [[Rhetoric|ehetorical]] appeals to the scriptures and the visible example of the living witness of their own way of life and simple asceticism. Most of the Cathars had been persuaded against the Church and state by the [[specious reasoning]] and [[polemical]] arguments in favor of dualism and the evil of the material body as being created by the [[Demiurge]] Satan and of wealth and property ownership and governmental authority in any form as an absolute evil and of the Jews as worshipers of Satan.

The inquisition was a church court that was intended to protect those accused of heresy against the overly eager harsh methods of secular princes and governors who cared little about the truthfulness of the charge of heresy and more about readily seizing the property and wealth of the accused, who included political rivals and potential insurgents protesting against governmental [[corruption]]. The inquisitional courts interrogated those suspected of Cathar sympathies, and the Cathar faithful and priests, in a brutal fashion. When they were found innocent, they were released. When they renounced their heretical beliefs, they were sentenced to do penance in a ''penitentiary'' of a [[monastery]], sometimes for years, and afterward restored to the Church. When they were found to be guilty and unrepentant, they were remanded to the secular authority as incorrigible. Their property was declared forfeit, and they were forced under torture to betray others. The ''perfecti'' ("Perfect Ones") and other intransigent Cathars died at the stake.

The inquisition was a church court that was intended to protect those accused of heresy against the overly eager harsh methods of secular princes and governors who cared little about the truthfulness of the charge of heresy and more about readily seizing the property and wealth of the accused, who included political rivals and potential insurgents protesting against governmental [[corruption]]. The inquisitional courts interrogated those suspected of Cathar sympathies, and the Cathar faithful and priests, in a brutal fashion. When they were found innocent, they were released. When they were found guilty, repented and renounced their heretical beliefs, they were sentenced to do penance in a ''penitentiary'' of a [[monastery]], sometimes for years, and afterward restored to the Church. When they were found to be guilty and unrepentant, they were remanded to the secular authority as incorrigible. Their property was declared forfeit, and they were forced under torture to betray others. The ''perfecti'' ("Perfect Ones") and other intransigent Cathars died at the stake.

At the end of the 12th century Serbian Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja called the Serbian Council against Bogomilism, organized by Stefan Nemanja. The council deemed Bogomilism a heresy, and expelled them from the country. Large numbers, majority of Vlach origin, took refuge in Bosnia and Dalmatia where they were known under the name of Patarenes (Patareni).

At the end of the 12th century Serbian Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja called the Serbian Council against Bogomilism, organized by Stefan Nemanja. The council deemed Bogomilism a heresy, and expelled them from the country. Large numbers, majority of Vlach origin, took refuge in Bosnia and Dalmatia where they were known under the name of Patarenes (Patareni).