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Bogomil, member of a Christian neo-Gnostic or dualist sect called Bogomilism (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Богомилство, romanized: Bogomilstvo; Serbo-Croatian: Bogumilstvo / Богумилство) founded in the First Bulgarian Empire by the priest Bogomil during the reign of Tsar Peter I in the 10th century that flourished in the Balkans between the 10th and 15th centuries. It most probably arose in what is today the region of Macedonia as a response to the social stratification that occurred with the introduction of feudalism and as a form of political movement and opposition to the Bulgarian state and the church.  

Bogomil, member of a Christian neo-Gnostic or dualist sect called Bogomilism (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Богомилство, romanized: Bogomilstvo; Serbo-Croatian: Bogumilstvo / Богумилство) founded in the First Bulgarian Empire by the priest Bogomil during the reign of Tsar Peter I in the 10th century that flourished in the Balkans between the 10th and 15th centuries. It most probably arose in what is today the region of Macedonia as a response to the social stratification that occurred with the introduction of feudalism and as a form of political movement and opposition to the Bulgarian state and the church.  

The origin of the Bogomils is not clear. Our information about them comes almost entirely from their opponents. The extant sources say variously that they derive 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. 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. Our information about them comes almost entirely from their opponents. The extant sources discussing the sect say variously that they derive 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. 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>

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