., (4) the Albigensians of Southern France and Spain in the early Middle Ages, (5) the Italian scholastic philosopher Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century A.D., (6) the Jansenists of France in the 17th century, and (7) the Puritans in England and its American colonies during the 16th and 17th centuries. ... In the 13th century A.D., Thomas Aquinas almost single handedly imported Dualism into mainstream Christianity. ... The Roman Christian church was eager to bring ever larger numbers into its confessionals, and Aquinas' treatises appeared to offer a nearly unlimited resource of sinners...

• Word Count: 2074
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate