Four from Montsegur

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

"It is not God that gives such a wonderful harvest, but the manure of the earth."

“Why are you prostrating in front of this statue? Have you forgotten that this man took a piece of wood and carved it out with iron tools?"

“Was it not a woman who gave birth to you? So why do you put yourself above Mother?"

(From the teachings of the Cathar Church)

Continuation of the miniature Church of Mary Magdalene "

The Pyrenees Mountains (Spanish Pirin; os, French Pyr; n; es), a mountain system in southwestern Europe, Spain, France and Andorra, an important natural boundary separating the Mediterranean from Central Europe. It stretches from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea for approximately 450 km; width up to 110 km (in the central and eastern parts), height up to 3404 m (Aneto peak in the Maladeta massif). As a result of mountain-building movements (mainly of Alpine age), the ancient Hercynian core of the Pyrenees was raised to a considerable height, and the sedimentary strata overlying it were crumpled into steep folds, forming in places overthrust faults. The relief is characterized by a combination of medium-altitude flat-topped massifs and folded rectilinear-elongated ridges. In the highest parts of the mountains, which were subject to Pleistocene glaciation, the relief acquired alpine forms.

When the sun rises over Provence and Languedoc Roussillon, the clouds that cover the Pyrenees turn golden. The mountains stand out calmly and majestically against the azure sky. Night falls on the valley of Provence, and for a long time they are transformed by the rays of the setting sun. "Mount of Transfiguration", Tabor is called by the inhabitants of Provence the peak of St. Bartholomew, the most beautiful of the Pyrenean peaks. Iberian Tabor is located between Olmus, the Valley of the Elms, and Sabarthus, the Sabarta Valley, where, according to the legend, the Mother of God promised Charlemagne (Ivan Kalita - Tsar Caliph) victory over the Saracens. A secluded rocky road leads from the serene Ulm up to the abysses and caves of Sabarthe: this is the path of the Cathars, the path of the pure. At the heart of the ridge rises a wild mountain so high that sparkling clouds envelop its summit. Sheer cliffs go down to the walls of the Monsepor castle.

Mountain or peak Monsegur is a huge rock (1207 m), rounded in the form of a sugar loaf, lost on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees among the peaks from 2000 to 3000 meters. On three sides, the rock drops abruptly into the valley. You can only go up the western slope. At the very top are the ruins of a very small castle. This castle went down in history as the last stronghold of the heresy of the Cathars, widespread in southern France in the XII-XIII centuries. At that time, the castle was located on the territory of the Languedoc county and the bishopric of the same name, stretching from Aquitaine to Provence and from the Pyrenees to Quercy.

The reader probably remembers my miniature "Church of Mary Magdalene" in which I described the events of 1244, namely the siege of Montsegur and the burning of the Cathars at the stake of the Inquisition. I also said then that the Cathars are the warriors of Russia-Horde, our ancestors, the Slavs, who were garrisoned throughout the Europe they conquered. I also pointed out that the Church of the Cathars is Christianity, which began with them, and the Cathars are true Christians, and at the same time, early Christians. The last statement is possibly controversial (early Christians), because the Bogomils existed by that time in Russia and the appearance of this Christianity in Europe is interconnected with them: the Old Believer Church and the Cathar Church, two twin sisters founded by direct descendants of Christ. I also said that the time of Jesus' earthly life was shamelessly distorted and called the historical prototype of the Savior: the Byzantine emperor Andronicus Komnenos, whose mother was the Russian (Slavic princess) Mary the Mother of God, who found his embodiment on Earth, in 1153 to 1182 AD.

The Land of Languedoc is correctly called the Land of Languedoc Roussillon, which means the Languedoc Russian Land, which European historians diligently wish to forget, assigning the Cathar Church the role of Gnostics and masochians, speaking of its heretical teaching.

All this is not true, the Cathars are Christians who did not support the false teachings of the Catholic Church, the symbiosis of late Christianity and Judaism, for which they were destroyed by the papacy. Do not believe, reader, that the papal inquisition was created to combat heresy and witches. The Dominican Order was conceived in the rooms of the papal palazzo, precisely to fight the Cathars, whom the papacy considered its worst enemies.

All this land confessed the teachings of the Cathars (in Greek. Pure). The Cathar religion came from the East from our Rus, right after the defeat of the Jewish Khazaria and the conquest of Europe. Cathars began to be called Albigensians, which means white goy, that is, a person who does not accept Judaism. "Goy thou, good fellow !!!" These lands were ruled by the counts of Toulouse. In the region of Montsegur, the bishopric of Languedoc Roussillon was located, where Bertrand Marty ruled. His species was my ancestor Wilhelm (Vladislav) La Pantel. Vidam is the bishop-viscount who ruled the lands of the bishop, the vicar, the Duma clerk, the knight-priest-warrior, who commanded the armed forces of the feudal lord-bishop. The title is hereditary and the only one in Russia.

On March 10, 1208, Pope Innocent III announced a Christian crusade against heresy, which is more terrible than the Saracens. The enemy was declared the patron saint of heresy Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, cousin of the King of France, brother-in-law of the kings of England and Aragon, one of the greatest nobles of the Western Christian world, the ruler of Languedoc.

The bloody war of the papacy against Christians has been called the first genocide of Europe. For example, in the city of Beziers, 20 thousand people were killed, and neither women nor children were spared. The phrase of the papal legate Arnold da Sato became historical. To the question of de Montfort, who besieged Montsegur, how to distinguish Cathars from good Catholics, the legate replied: Kill everyone - God will recognize his own!

The last stronghold of the Cathars (perfect) was the castle of Montsegur, located in the rugged mountains, and became a refuge for many who fled from religious pogroms throughout the country. In 1204 the castle was in ruins. The Perfect ones asked the owner of the castle, Raymond de Perell, to rebuild it and make it the official refuge of the Cathar Church. The Cathars have long regarded this castle as a particularly revered place for their worship. Pilgrims flocked here, merchants followed them, which contributed to the development of this inhospitable land - this is how a village arose at the foot of the cliff. For ten years, Monsegur was the center of the Qatari resistance. Divine services were held with enviable constancy, despite the war. Rebellious noble nobles met here, pilgrims even from distant Spain reached here to indulge in prayer and spiritual contemplation. Having become the capital of the Cathar Church, the castle turned into an arsenal and treasury. Between 1232 and 1242, among other things, the castle turned into a necropolis, where the dying were taken along mountain paths on the backs of mules, so that, having received a blessing, they were buried at the walls of Montsegur. Since 1223, Catholics have referred to the castle as the Synagogue of Satan, a term taken from the Cathars themselves, who so called the entire Catholic Church. As always, a double lie of the papacy !!!

Only a few hundred defenders defended the castle for many months against sixty thousand crusaders. In addition, the fortress was thrown with stones from catapults (these stones can be seen even now in the courtyard of the castle). In March 1244, after a year of siege, Montsegur fell. A few days after the capture of the castle, 257 perfect survivors of the battle went to the stake. However, four perfect ones, who were guarded by my ancestor of the species, Montsegur Languedoc Roussillon, were able to break through the troops of de Montfort's assassin and disappeared, taking away some of Montsegur's treasures and all the secrets of the Cathars. The commandant of Montsegur, Lrno-Roger de Mirpois, told about this under torture.

This is a short version of my previous story about Monsegur. I conceived a book about him and each miniature is a continuation of the previous one, or its beginning: the layout of the book has not yet been determined. Therefore, starting to present this one, I have to repeat myself. In the miniature "Church of Mary Magdalene" I promised to tell the reader about the faith of the Cathars, but the main thing is to tell who these four Perfect are, for the sake of whom Bishop Bertrand and the commander of the defense of Montsegur Count Raymond de Pereuil, my ancestor with the best, of the remaining living warriors. I do not know their number, but I think that it was a handful of brave men whom Bertrand Marty ordered to survive and preserve the faith, and relics of the church of "good people".

My ancestor fulfilled the order and came to Russia, which was his homeland.

Knowing what has been said, the reader will now hear even more incredible things that the author, a direct descendant of La Pantel's species, will tell him. Anticipating questions regarding the treasures of the Qatar, I will answer that the papal troops did not find gold or diamonds in Montsegur. And what the ancestor brought to Russia is spiritual values, but I know little about them either. However, I assume that the values of the Qatar were placed in the Moscow Kremlin, from where they were stolen by the Poles during the Time of Troubles. For example, this is the Shroud of Turin known in Russia as Ubrus or Savior Not Made by Hands. This is Longinus's spear that killed Christ. This is the Holy Grail into which the blood of the Savior flowed. This is the icon of Our Lady of Mary and the Ark of the Magi (now hanging in the Cologne Cathedral) and much more, about which I can only guess now. But, painfully my guesses coincide with the legend of my family.

Knowing all this, I am a hereditary Cathar and the only Orthodox species of the old Cathar faith in the world, I decided to tell the reader about those who gave Russia Christianity.

Bishop Bertrand said at the stake the last words: "The destiny will come true!" and I believe in his prophecy. In my opinion, Holy Russia began a return to the faith of her ancestors, destroyed in Europe by the papacy, and in Russia by the Romanovs.

The Qatar Church is no different from the Russian Old Belief. Of course, there are some peculiarities, like the Etruscan faith, who cite Holy Scripture, now known as the Gospel, on their stone steles. It does not differ from the Bogomils, sayings from the Gospel, which can be found in the "ancient" Egyptian pyramids. And if you open Palia and Kormchuya, ancient spiritual books used by the Old Believers of the cup, Kulugurs, Molokans, schismatics in sketes and other Old Believers, then there is absolutely no need to invent legends about Monsegur associated with paganism. In Russia, paganism never existed, but there was dualism, the belief in the presence of a God of good and a god of evil. The pantheon of Russian pre-Christian gods was completely copied by the official church, they were simply given different names and positions.

According to the Old Believers, Satan, leaving heaven, captured some of the souls, seduced them with vicious knowledge and promises, and instilled them into a flesh shell. The number of these souls is limited and the end of this world will occur when each soul becomes perfect and returns to the God of Good.

The Old Believers deny the Old Testament as the heresy of the Torah and perceive only the Scripture or the Gospel. There are much more Gospels and they reveal the image of Christ more broadly, and some are simply absent, since they were written by the papacy in the Middle Ages, during the Renaissance. The most revered personalities are Jesus Christ, Mary the Mother of God (in the aspect of her Slavic origin), John the Theologian and one of the apostles of Christ, His Wife and Mother of His children, Mary Magdalene. The latter is considered the founder of the Qatar Church, but more on that later. There is an ancient icon called the "Holy Family", which depicts Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Moreover, the father holds the boy in his arms, and the mother holds the girl. This is the most contradicting icon to all canonical canons and to it, as the theme of inspiration, Rembrandt and Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci and Andrei Rublev addressed. Here are just a late letter, she has three characters, not four, and she is explained as the family of Mother Mary and the carpenter Joseph. In fact, this icon looks different for Old Believers.

I will not explain to the reader all the basics of the Old Belief, because the purpose of this miniature is the desire to tell the world about the four Perfect ones, brought out by my ancestor from the besieged stronghold of Cathars. But to begin this story, I will return again to Mary Magdalene, who is referred to by the Old Believers as Mary of Egypt.

Many addressed the topic of Mary Magdalene, and da Vinci simply wrote it next to Jesus in The Last Supper. By the way, the Old Believers write the name Jesus with one "I" and the reader should not convict me of ignorance.

After the crucifixion of Andronicus on the cross, over the Bosphorus Strait (in the Ostrog Bible it is called Jordan), on Mount Beykos, in the suburb of modern Istanbul Yorosalem (Yoros), the emperor's relatives fled to Russia, where they founded the Great Empire of the Slavs. Everyone except Mother and Wife. Much is known about the Dormition of Mary theotokos, and forgive me, the reader, if I leave this topic. Let's talk about Her Daughter-in-law Mary.

In the Old Belief, she is not a repentant sinner, but comes from a noble house. She is the wife of the king, but for the sake of his teachings she refuses treasures.

When the angel Isaac Satan overthrew Andronicus, Comnenus and his wife and her vestal fled to the coast, wanting to cross over to the European part of the Earth, but there was a betrayal and he was captured. The women managed to leave the territory of Byzantium and they landed in modern France, in Provence.

The story of her pilgrimage to Provence, where she lived for many years as a hermit, is known in France in the 12th century and is told in the Golden Legend. It is based on the legends about MARIA OF EGYPT, about which all Christian religions of the world are well aware. But the point is that Mary Magdalene and Mary of Egypt are one person.

The discovery of the alleged relics of the Magdalene in the 13th century led to the rapid growth of her cult. Perhaps her most curious monument is the La Madeleine Church in Paris, a pseudo-classical temple originally intended to glorify Napoleon. However, this is already a late attempt by papism to adapt to the honest woman slandered by him. Here is how the Old Believers tell about the appearance of Mary in France:

Travel to Marseille. Mary, Martha (Mary's sister and vestal) and Lazarus, with other companions, set off on a voyage on a ship without sailors, oars or a rudder, and, led by an angel, finally sailed safely to Marseilles. Here Mary preached to the pagan aborigines and baptized many. It should be noted that baptism in the old rite is not with water, but with the laying on of hands, which is clearly visible on the icons with her image in the Old Believer performance.

Magdalene is not only the wife of Christ-Andronicus, the mother of His children, but also His beloved disciple and apostle against whom Peter and Judas Iscariot fought.

Mary created the Cathar Church in France, since it was full of Slavic garrisons who knew exactly what really happened on the Bosphorus and whose son Jesus.

Papism, which in fact is only Judaism veiled under Christianity, recognizes a different God. This is the Old Testament god of evil, against whom Christ himself and his followers of the Cathars opposed. The God of Cathar is the God of Good, not the prince of the world and Satan.

In a secluded mountain area near Santa Baume, which is still a place of pilgrimage, Mary spent thirty years fasting and repenting. Seven times a day, the angels descended to her and lifted her to heaven, where she was rewarded with the pleasure of briefly contemplating the coming bliss. Once a hermit dared to spy on her ascent to heaven and returned to Marseille with the news of this. This plot is already found in Renaissance art, but it has become traditional since the end of the 16th century, in the era of the Counter-Reformation. Early versions show her half-clothed, ascending in a prayer pose. In baroque art, she appears naked or covered with her long hair and can recline among the clouds, like Venus. She is carried by many angels, one of whom carries her jug with rubbing (Think of the jug of Mary Magdalene, who washed the feet of Christ and wiped them with her hair. Such an action was allowed in Byzantium, only the wife). Sometimes a hermit looks after her from Earth. This scene is reminiscent of MARY OF EGYPT, carried by the angels across the Jordan.

The painting and icon "The Last Communion of the Magdalene" is known. The rite is performed by the angels in her cave in the mountain or, according to another legend, by St. Maximin (one of her travel companions) after she was transferred by the angels to his chapel in Aix. She kneels before him, supported by the angels, while he gives her a guest. But if the reader finds the same icon, but in Old Believer writing, he will see on it an image of a mountainous area, where there is a mountain to the right of the cave of Mary. With a strange lock on it.

Have you guessed, buddy, what kind of castle it is? Yes! This is MONSEGUR, which translates as MY SALVATION. This is the main temple-castle of Qatar, located at the foot of St. Bartholomew, where the cell of the nun Mary Magdalene was.

The Cathar Church had its own structure. In southern France, by the beginning of the XIII century. there were at least three dioceses (dioceses): Toulouse, Carcassonne and Albigensky. Already in 1167 in the city of Saint-Felix-de-Caraman, the Qatari cathedral took place, which streamlined its activities.

At the head of each diocese was a bishop from among the elders - respected elderly "perfect" ones. The bishop was assisted in the administration by two priests, called the Elder (coadjutor) and the Younger sons. When the bishop died, his place was taken by the Elder of the sons, and the youngest accordingly became the Elder. The meeting of the elders elected a new Younger Son from among their midst. In addition to this, he ruled the episcopal lands of the species, and the monastic avos. Later, the title of vidam becomes hereditary, as in Catholic France. Investigators of the Holy Inquisition believed in the hidden existence of the Qatari pope. This is not true, this never happened, but there was just a Russian Tsar, who was not only the head of state (Grand Duke), but also the head of the Russian Church (Presbyter). No amount of torture could compel the Qatar to give any precise information on this matter. The papal servants simply did not understand that the formidable Tsar of Russia-Horde was the one they were looking for. The central organ of the church was the council of bishops, as it always was in Russia, before the introduction of the patriarchate.

By the end of the XII century. Catharism became an influential religious movement. Raymond V Count of Toulouse wrote: “She (the Qatar faith) penetrated everywhere, she sowed discord in all families, dividing husband and wife, son and father, daughter-in-law and mother-in-law. The priests themselves succumbed to the infection, the churches were deserted and destroyed. As for me, I do my best to stop this scourge, but I feel that my strength is not enough to complete this task. The most distinguished people of my land succumbed to vice. The crowd followed their example, and now I dare not and cannot suppress evil."

The flourishing and educated Toulouse has indeed become the center of catharism. In 1178 the townspeople expelled the papal legates who had arrived with the aim of restoring the position of the Catholic Church in the county capital. In the city of Castelnaudary, the Cathars, together with the Catholics, used the main church. In Lorak, the Cathars entered into open disputes with their opponents. The sister of the Comte de Foix, the most influential vassal of the Count of Toulouse, Esclarmonde adopted the Consolamentum and became Perfect.

The middle and small nobility, the urban patriciate, the entire thinking population of the south of France was conquered by the Cathars. The righteous life, their incendiary speeches, and most of all - the moral decline of the Catholic Church steadily did their job. Already Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, often appeared accompanied by several "perfect", although he did not officially accept Catharism.

And it all began with Montsegur, with a small cell in a cave, the Wife of Christ and the mother of His children. It was she who taught not to recognize the original sin and the fall of Eve, urging to consider a woman equal to a man. Realizing the entire perishability of the world, she advocated a strong family and spiritual education of children by both parents.

The Albigensians were remarkable for their tolerance of the religions of Muslims and Jews, and were also staunch supporters of gender equality. They preached love for others, regardless of their religious beliefs. For example, they did not believe that Jesus died on the cross, but believed that he was saved with the help of the medical knowledge of his disciples, therapists.

Believing in God, the Holy Spirit, being committed to the cause of Jesus and offering prayers to the Almighty, they created an exemplary society with their own social patronage system, with shelters for poor children and hospitals for the poor. But they did not belong to the official church, diverging from it in some positions. Saint Bernard wrote: "There are no sermons more Christian than those of the Cathars - their morality is impeccable."

The Cathars were spiritualized people. They believed in the purity of the spirit and considered human flesh to be vicious. They considered the flesh to be the prison of the spirit and associated its appearance with the intrigues of the devil, like all earthly evil.

The interested reader will find all this himself, especially since the Old Believers are alive and exist in our world. You can talk to them and see how your world will change.

As for the Cathar Church, it arose from the great love of Mary for her husband. Everyone who has experienced the love and happiness of a family marriage knows that this is a kind of temple of the spirit called a family. Those who understood this, who came to family happiness and understanding of being, are Cathars who are looking for their way to God in the hope of becoming perfect.

Mary was incredibly lucky, she became the beloved wife of a real man, whose image is slandered by the princes of the church who dream of gold and power. Jesus was not what the modern church depicts. Andronicus took a battle against the rebellious Isaac Angel. He fought to the last, saving faith and family. All his Varangian (isn't it Russian? !!!) guards fell under the blows of the insurgents. Read Nikita Choniates (Chronicle) and you will see a real image of Christ who said: "If they hit you on the cheek, then turn the other one (everyone knows this part, but there is also a continuation), but don't let them hit!"

Now you know a lot, reader! Your right to accept my words or not. Threatening heavenly punishment, I still will not. Russian Kind God, He does not put his children on his knees, He is our Father and our elder Friend. I am not His servant, but an unreasonable child, which He is always ready to accept. In my opinion, God is old for years, but infinitely strong and the arrival of each person, to meet Him, makes Him endlessly happy. And therefore, one can speak with Him everywhere, in the temple or in the field, in the mountains or on the waters. Trust me reader, His fatherly advice is worth a lot. But you shouldn't confuse him with that god who is personally unacceptable to me. In the struggle between Good and Evil, I choose Good. And remembering history, I think that it should be with fists.

Finishing the miniature, I will briefly tell you who these four Perfect ones were, whom Roussillon Wilhelm (Vladislav) La Pantelle took from Montsegur to the species of Languedoc. These were the descendants of Jesus and Mary, the keepers of the faith of their Father and Mother, the main value of the Cathar Church. I do not know their names and degree of relationship, but judging by the dates, these are grandchildren. In the Panteleevs' attribution, there is no word about their position in the Church, but simply said that they are from Mary. My ancestor, in spite of the fact that he held a high position in the bishopric, in the church itself did not have a large dignity - deacon. His task was to manage the lands of the Bishop-Count Bertrand Marty and command the army of this feudal lord. He only knew what a soldier was supposed to know. And he did his duty well. Therefore, I do not know the sacraments of the Church and I have no right to Perfection. I am an ordinary person who wants to tell the world the real history of Russia, on whose territory the descendants of Christ are hidden. And I believe that the day will come when they will come out of oblivion and lead the people in the way indicated by the faith of the "good people" of the Cathars and will again make them happy, living according to laws different from those that we have now.

The time will come and my descendant will turn to them and say: I am species (vidamessa) Montsegur Languedoc Roussillon! I am ready to start protecting the episcopate."

And again, on the Mount of Salvation, the Temple of the Old Faith, the castle of Montsegur, flying like a white bird Swan, over the gray Pyrenees, will open its doors to everyone who wishes. Just like on the coat of arms of Bishop-Count Bertrand and mine, where the Swan stands in the green of the meadow. How else? Faith is supposed to fly, and the species is supposed to take care of the land where the Temple of this Faith stands. All this will definitely be and Holy Russia will return to the world long-forgotten truths, for the sake of which our ancestors went to the stake, believing in us, their descendants.

Believe you too, my reader! What has been said here is the truth, transmitted for 800 years in my family by word of mouth, from species to species. I see the desire of Russian Orthodoxy to return to the origins of faith and the desire to become a faith, not a religion. This means that my people are on the right path to the Temple. The destiny will come true!

Revelation

(Observation at the Dominican Cathedral in Lvov).