Once given the " consolamentum ", the same rules applied to them, though they were obviously not expected to travel or preach from their deathbed.
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Gambler under his real name of Richard A . Ingram released a solo album " Consolamentum " in May 2010 on a small Manchester label called WhiteBox.
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Since he expected to be absolved from all his sins upon his deathbed in the " consolamentum " he also felt he could sin without having to suffer for it.
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One of the conditions of being a Credente was the uttering of the Convanenza, or Covenant, when encountering a Perfect, which involved the request for the Consolamentum should they be dying.
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Cathars thought human spirits were the genderless spirits of angels trapped within the physical creation of the evil god, cursed to be reincarnated until the Cathar faithful achieved salvation through a ritual called the consolamentum.
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This meant that many Perfects would not administer the " Consolamentum " to those who were beyond reason or sentient speech, as they clearly were not in a position to make the necessary request.
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One branch of Christianity, Catharism, practiced a sacrament called " consolamentum ", which required consolation for the inevitable regret of living in order to move nearer to God or to approach heaven.
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Thus it has been alleged that many believers would eventually receive the Consolamentum as death drew near, performing the ritual of liberation at a moment when the heavy obligations of purity required of Perfecti would be temporally short.
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Catharism has been seen as giving women the greatest opportunities for independent action since women were found as being believers as well as Perfecti, who were able to administer the sacrament of the " consolamentum ".
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It was claimed by some of the Catholic writers that when a Cathar, after receiving the Consolamentum, began to show signs of recovery he or she would be smothered in order to ensure his or her entry into paradise.
