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Bogomilism (Bulgarian: богомилство, romanized: bogomilstvo; Macedonian: богомилство, romanized: bogomilstvo; Serbo-Croatian: bogumilstvo / богумилство) 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.
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.
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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 evil. The...
- 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...
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).
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.
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.
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