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- The Bogomils’ central teaching, based on a dualistic cosmology, was that the visible, material world was created by the devil. Thus, they denied the doctrine of the incarnation and rejected the Christian conception of matter as a vehicle of grace. They rejected Baptism, the Eucharist, and the whole organization of the Orthodox Church.
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The term Bogomil in free translation means "dear to God", and is a compound of the Slavic words for "god" (Common Slavic: *bogъ) and "dear" (Common Slavic: *milъ). It may be also a translation of the Greek name Theophilos, literally "dear to God; loved by the gods," from theos "god" + philos "loved, beloved".
Bogomil, member of a dualist religious sect that flourished in the Balkans between the 10th and 15th centuries. It arose in Bulgaria toward the middle of the 10th century from a fusion of dualistic, neo-Manichaean doctrines imported especially from the Paulicians, a sect of Armenia and Asia Minor, and a local Slavonic movement aimed at ...
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Jan 15, 2020 · A Bogomil was a member of a heretical sect that originated in Bulgaria in the 10th century. Learn more about this mysterious group of people.
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Apr 13, 2023 · Bogomilism was based on Christianity and heavily influenced by Gnosticism and dualism, with the central belief that the physical world was the devil's creation and thus...
- Bogomil was the name of a village priest in Macedonia just before the turn of the 11th century. He believed in living a poor lifestyle with few pos...
- The meaning of ''Bogomil'' is a follower of Bogomilism, established by a Macedonian priest named Bogomil. The Bogomils existed for around 500 years...
- The Bogomils followed a principle called dualism, which creates a strict line between good and evil. For the Bogomils, the physical world and all m...
The Bogomils and Cathars challenged traditional medieval Christian views about marriage, sex, and the religious authority of women. Although both groups ultimately were dismissed as heretical, the alternative notions of sex and gender they purposed had an impact on the development of Christianity.
May 17, 2018 · Bogomils. A dualist Christian sect which flourished in Bulgaria from the 10th to as late as the 17th cent., and more widely in the Byzantine Empire in the 11th–12th cents. The name comes from their founder, a priest who took the name Bogomil (= Gk., Theophilos).
Bogomilism was a native Slavic sect from the middle of the 10th century began to flourish while the Theophylact of Constantinople warned Peter I against this new heresy. [17] The Bogomils spread westwards and settled in Serbia, where they were to be known as Babuns (Babuni).
