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Is it true that the wikipedia entry on Catharism is largely a conspiracy theory and Cathars as traditionally understood - an "alternative church", or cohesive sect, of "progressive" heretics, descendent from ancient heresies, who were annihilated by a traditionalist Catholic Church - never existed?

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Is it true that the wikipedia entry on Catharism is largely a conspiracy theory and Cathars as traditionally understood - an "alternative church", or cohesive sect, of "progressive" heretics, descendent from ancient heresies, who were annihilated by a traditionalist Catholic Church - never existed?	1420