For centuries, the established Christian Church – primarily the Roman Catholic Church in the West and the Orthodox Churches in the East – held immense power over religious doctrine and social order. Any deviation from accepted dogma was deemed heresy, a dangerous threat to the spiritual salvation of individuals and the stability of Christendom itself. … Continue reading Seeds of Dissent, Harvest of Fire: How the Established Church Persecuted Gnostics, Manicheans, Cathars, and Bogomils