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Bogomilism
Sign in to saveBogomilism (; ; ) was a Christian neo-Gnostic, dualist sect founded in the First Bulgarian Empire by the priest Bogomil during the reign of Tsar Peter I in the 10th century. It most likely arose in the region of Kutmichevitsa, today part of the region of Macedonia.
Bogomilism was a Christian sect founded in 10th-century Bulgaria that believed in dualism—the idea that good and evil were opposing cosmic forces—and drew on ancient Gnostic ideas about spiritual knowledge. It mattered historically because it represented a significant religious challenge to mainstream Christianity in medieval Eastern Europe and influenced heretical movements in other regions.
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- Etymology
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- History
- Paulicians
- Origins
- Spread of Bogomilism in the Balkans
- Social factors
- Religious factors
- Connections to the royal court
- Doctrine
- Source texts
- Cosmology
- Christology and the Trinity
- Opposition to institutions and materialism
- Legacy
- Link with later religious movements
- In modern and popular culture
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Bogomilism (; ; ) was a Christian neo-Gnostic, dualist sect founded in the First Bulgarian Empire by the priest Bogomil during the reign of Tsar Peter I in the 10th century. It most likely arose in the region of Kutmichevitsa, today part of the region of Macedonia.
The Bogomils were dualists or Gnostics in that they believed in a world within the body and a world outside the body. They did not use the Christian cross, nor build churches, as they revered their gifted form and considered their body to be the temple. This gave rise to many forms of practice to cleanse the body through fasting or dancing.