Arthur Guirdham wrote, “The inquisitors regarded the purity of the Parfaits (Cathar priests) as something to be used against them, believing that, because it was associated with heresy, it must necessarily be classified with hypocrisy. Evidence for the corruption of the Roman Church at the time is adequately provided by Pope Innocent III, who instigated the Great Crusade against the Albigensians but had no illusions about the failure of his own priests.” Then there is the irony of a pope with the name “Innocent” single-handedly being directly responsible for more overt and severe human suffering than arguably any other pope in the history of the Catholic Church—as evidenced by the unhealed trauma of Mrs. Smith eight centuries later. What can Creator tell us about the irony of his chosen name and the sincerity of his belief that God was truly on his side in announcing his horrific edict?

This was in fact a huge irony, that this presumed religious icon and leader of the church could end up serving the darkness in this way by condemning groups of people to an extreme torturous death, in the name of God, for simply holding somewhat different interpretations of the Bible. So he was far from "innocent" and more the opposite in these doings. It is quite tragic when someone, through corruption, uses their belief in the divine in an unholy way to serve the cause of darkness through judgment and condemnation that is not only hurtful but in some cases may lead to a fatal outcome in many terrible ways. Certainly, imprisonment and execution is a tangible penalty when forced on someone judged and condemned by the church and its leadership, but there are many who suffer anguish on a lifelong basis that will trigger many prior karmic woundings and lead to many types of suffering and a shortened life. The tragedy may not end there because many who fear the afterlife, because they feel they have sinned in the eyes of the church, may try to avoid the light callers who want to escort them home to heaven and end up becoming trapped as earthbound spirits where they will be set upon and suffer tremendous misery, and that can go on even for centuries in some cases. That is not a condemnation by God, but a condemnation by humans presuming to speak for the Almighty when they lack the knowledge, wisdom, and discernment to truly understand the loving nature of the divine, that judgment and condemnation have no place in religious teachings, only instructive correction done to uplift and support and encourage, not to limit, restrict, punish, or condemn.