This is not unlike our current “Culture of Death.” They believed that adultery, fornication, and even suicide (as a means of freeing the soul from the body) were all praiseworthy. Further, the body was evil, while the soul was good. The Albigensian heresy was a form of dualism in which the material world was evil, while the spiritual world was good. From Kasten's account, however, you can see that the Rosary, as we know it, is a far abbreviated version. Many of us might complain - at least during our weaker moments - about the length of the Rosary. Later still, the 150 psalms were replaced by 150 Pater Nosters, and even later, by the Aves."
These became the direct ancestors of the 150-decade rosary. Saints Anthony of Egypt and Pachomius, both of whom lived in the fourth century, are credited with developing knotted prayer ropes to replace the rocks. To keep count, they used small stones, often kept in their begging bowls or a small bag. "The Desert Fathers (and Desert Mothers), who lived as hermits in the third and fourth centuries, made a practice of praying all 150 psalms each day. Kasten explains, "People may not know that the Rosary is descended from a bowl of rocks in the desert."
While the Blessed Virgin Mary gave Saint Dominic the connected beads which we know today as the Rosary, the Rosary is actually much, much more ancient.
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