The perfect took vows of abstinence, chastity, and poverty. If married, a perfect had to leave his or her partner, since the Cathari believed that sexual intercourse was the original sin.
यह माना जाता था कि वह अनुष्ठान प्रार्थी को शैतान के शासन से मुक्‍त करेगा, उसे सभी पाप से शुद्ध करेगा, और पवित्र आत्मा देगा ।