Militia Christi claims to be a continuation of a centuries-old Catholic military movement founded by St. Dominic as a kind of auxiliary in suppressing insurgents inspired by the Albigensian heresy. St Dominic presiding over an auto de fe, Spanish, 1475 Saint Dominic (born at Calaruega, Spain, around 1170; died August 6, 1221, at Bologna, Italy) founded the Dominican Order. ... Cathars being expelled from Carcassone in 1209. ...
St. Dominic is more famous as the founder of the Order of Preachers, more commonly known as the Dominicans. St Dominic presiding over an auto de fe, Spanish, 1475 Saint Dominic (born at Calaruega, Spain, around 1170; died August 6, 1221, at Bologna, Italy) founded the Dominican Order. ... The Dominican Order, (its formal name, Ordo praedicatorum or the Order of Preachers, is less common in English; in England and some other countries the Dominicans are referred to as Blackfriars on account of the black cowl or cloak they wear over their white habits. ...
Spencer -- Two members of an Indiana militia group were being held without bail Sunday in the Owen County Jail, facing charges they plotted to assassinate another member of their group.
No such attack occurred when U.S. marshals seized the church Feb. 13, but ATF agents continued watching the militia because they believed the group was trafficking in marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamines to finance its arsenal and militia activities.
Frank Wilkins, 53, of Lafayette, who heads the 11-county Indiana Citizens Volunteer Militia, Tippecanoe Regiment, said it would be uncharacteristic of militia members to be involved in drug dealing or to plan a military act on a public event like the play.
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