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'''Bogomil''' designates a member of the Bogomil Church, a [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Neo-Gnosticism|neo-Gnostic]] or [[Dualism|dualist]] [[sect]] teaching a doctrine called Bogomilism (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Богомилство, romanized: Bogomilstvo; Serbo-Croatian: Bogumilstvo / Богумилство); also anyone in general who follows the doctrine of Bogomilism, identified as Bogomils. The Bogomil sect was founded in the [[Bulgaria#History|First Bulgarian Empire]] by a priest named Bogomil during the reign of [[Tsar]] Peter I in the 10th century that flourished in the [[Balkans]] between the 10th and 15th centuries. Bogomilism most probably arose in what is today the region of [[Macedonia#History|Macedonia]] from a fusion of dualistic, neo-Manichaean doctrines imported especially from the Paulicians, a dualistic sect of [[Armenia#History|Armenia]] and [[Anatolia|Asia Minor]], and a local [[Slavs|Slavonic]] [[Grassroots|movement]] aimed at reforming, in the name of an [[Sola scriptura|evangelical Christianity]], the recently established Bulgarian Orthodox Church, as a response to the [[Economic class|social stratification]] that occurred with the introduction of [[feudalism]] in Bulgaria toward the middle of the 10th century, and as a form of [[Politics|political movement]] and opposition to both the Bulgarian '''[[state]]''' and the doctrines and authority of the [[orthodox]] [[catholic]] Christian [['''church''']] east and west, as defined by the [[Ante-Nicene Fathers]] and the [[Ecumenical council|Seven Ecumenical Councils]].  

'''Bogomil''' designates a member of the Bogomil Church, a [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Neo-Gnosticism|neo-Gnostic]] or [[Dualism|dualist]] [[sect]] teaching a doctrine called Bogomilism (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Богомилство, romanized: Bogomilstvo; Serbo-Croatian: Bogumilstvo / Богумилство); also anyone in general who follows the doctrine of Bogomilism, identified as Bogomils. The Bogomil sect was founded in the [[Bulgaria#History|First Bulgarian Empire]] by a priest named Bogomil during the reign of [[Tsar]] Peter I in the 10th century that flourished in the [[Balkans]] between the 10th and 15th centuries. Bogomilism most probably arose in what is today the region of [[Macedonia#History|Macedonia]] from a fusion of dualistic, neo-Manichaean doctrines imported especially from the Paulicians, a dualistic sect of [[Armenia#History|Armenia]] and [[Anatolia|Asia Minor]], and a local [[Slavs|Slavonic]] [[Grassroots|movement]] aimed at reforming, in the name of an [[Sola scriptura|evangelical Christianity]], the recently established Bulgarian Orthodox Church, as a response to the [[Economic class|social stratification]] that occurred with the introduction of [[feudalism]] in Bulgaria toward the middle of the 10th century, and as a form of [[Politics|political movement]] and opposition to both the Bulgarian '''[[state]]''' and the doctrines and authority of the [[orthodox]] [[catholic]] Christian '''[[church]]''' east and west, as defined by the [[Ante-Nicene Fathers]] and the [[Ecumenical council|Seven Ecumenical Councils]].  

The origin of the Bogomils is not clear. Information about them comes almost entirely from their opponents. The extant sources discussing the sect say variously that they derived their doctrines from the Messalians, the Paulicians, or the Manichaeans.<ref>Sources for this article are listed in the External links, below. The linked sources listed there cite references to verifiable scholarly research for their assertions. The reader is referred to these sources for immediately accessible verification, in the stead of a posting of a multitude of detailed citations throughout this article. <br> Reading of each of the linked sources listed here is strongly recommended, coupled with independent consulting of the referent sources of research cited by these sources as personal verification of their authenticity and accuracy.</ref>  

The origin of the Bogomils is not clear. Information about them comes almost entirely from their opponents. The extant sources discussing the sect say variously that they derived their doctrines from the Messalians, the Paulicians, or the Manichaeans.<ref>Sources for this article are listed in the External links, below. The linked sources listed there cite references to verifiable scholarly research for their assertions. The reader is referred to these sources for immediately accessible verification, in the stead of a posting of a multitude of detailed citations throughout this article. <br> Reading of each of the linked sources listed here is strongly recommended, coupled with independent consulting of the referent sources of research cited by these sources as personal verification of their authenticity and accuracy.</ref>