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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.
'''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.
Name
Name
In Church Slavonic documents the members of the Bogomil sect are referred to as Babuni, which originally meant "superstition; superstitious person" (Common Slavic: *babonъ, *babunъ *babona). Toponyms<ref>A Toponym is a place name, especially one derived from a topographical feature.</ref> which retain the name include the river Babuna, the mountain Babuna, the Bogomila Waterfall and village Bogomila, all in the region of Azot today in central North [[Macedonia]], suggesting that the movement was very active in the region.
In Church Slavonic documents the members of the Bogomil sect are referred to as Babuni, which originally meant "superstition; superstitious person" (Common Slavic: *babonъ, *babunъ *babona). Toponyms<ref>A Toponym is a place name, especially one derived from a topographical feature.</ref> which retain the name include the river Babuna, the mountain Babuna, the Bogomila Waterfall and village Bogomila, all in the region of Azot today in central North [[Macedonia]], suggesting that the movement was very active in the region.
Origin
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.
According to a multitude of historical sources<ref>Sources for this article are listed in the External links, below. The linked sources listed 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 Bogomil sect that flourished in the [[Balkans]] between the 10th and 15th centuries was founded in the 10th century by a priest named Bogomil in what is today the region of [[Macedonia#History|Macedonia]] in the [[Bulgaria#History|First Bulgarian Empire]] during the reign of [[Tsar]] Peter I. Bogomilism most probably arose 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 [[Orthodox Church|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 concepts of [[government]] and the [[rule of law]] are [[Antithesis|antithetical]] to the doctrine of Bogomilism and abhorrent to its followers, who regard all such ideas as pretexts for imposing the restrictive [[oppression]] of material darkness on the divine light of true spiritual freedom. ''On fundamental [[principle]]'', they simply opposed Church and State, helping sow the seeds of '''[[Anarchism#Christian anarchism|Christian anarchism]]''' and the [[radical]] concept of '''[[Separation of church and state]]'''.<ref>Compare [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%2013:1-7&version=RSVCE Romans 13:1-7]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=titus%203:1&version=RSVCE Titus 3:1]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1_peter%202:13-17&version=RSVCE 1 Peter 2:13-17]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1_peter%205:5-6&version=RSVCE 5:5-6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs%208:12-17&version=RSVCE Proverbs 8:12-17]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Sirach+10%3A12-13&version=RSVCE Sirach 10:12-13 (Ecclesiasticus)]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2019:10-11&version=RSVCE John 19:10-11]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2023:2-4&version=RSVCE Matthew 23:2-4]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%2020:28-31&version=RSVCE Acts 20:28-31]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=hebrews%2013:17&version=RSVCE Hebrews 13:17]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2_john%201:7-10&version=RSVCE 2 John 7-10]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2018:15-18&version=RSVCE Matthew 18:15-18]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=titus%202:15&version=RSVCE Titus 2:15]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1_timothy%204:11-12&version=RSVCE 1 Timothy 4:11-12]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=titus%201:13-16&version=RSVCE Titus 1:13-16]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2_peter%202:1&version=RSVCE 2 Peter 2:1]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2_peter%203:14-18&version=RSVCE 3:14-18]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1_john%202:18-19&version=RSVCE 1 John 2:18-19]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%204:10&version=RSVCE Acts 4:10]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jude%201:8-9&version=RSVCE Jude 8-9], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jude%201:16-19&version=RSVCE Jude 16-19].</ref>
Doctrine: Bogomilism
Doctrine: Bogomilism
[[Dualism]]
[[Dualism]]
Bogomilism has been called a Christian neo-Gnostic or dualist sect. Since the earliest days of [[Christianity]], there has been a dualistic Christian tradition. All the dualist groups teach [[Dualism]] and [[Docetism]] in some form or other. This tradition includes the various forms of [[Gnosticism]], including that of the Manichaeans, the Paulicians, the Bogomils and the Cathars.
Bogomilism has been called a Christian neo-Gnostic or dualist sect. Since the earliest days of [[Christianity]], there has been a dualistic Christian tradition. All the dualist groups teach [[Dualism]] and [[Docetism]] in some form or other. This tradition includes the various forms of [[Gnosticism]], including that of the [[Manichaeanism|Manichaeans]], the Paulicians, the Bogomils and the [[Cathar]]s.
The essence of Bogomilism is the doctrine of duality in the creation of the world by good and evil principles of causation, and the [[corollary]] doctrine that matter and the human body is the creation of [[Satan]], the elder Son of God. This is why it is considered a heresy by the Catholic Church.
[[Manicheanism|Manichaeism]]
[[Manicheanism|Manichaeism]]
Research on the origin of Bogomilism has traditionally focused on the possible influence of Manichaean ideas among the [[sect]]s of the [[Cathar]]s, [[Albigensians]], [[Waldensians]], and Bogomils. Manichaeism is said to have been passed to the [[West]] via the Paulicians and the Bogomils to re-emerge in different forms among the European Cathars. Individual medieval historians, who were usually [[monk]]s or [[Clericalism|clerics]], interpreted this influence in terms of a universal [[conspiracy]] of Manichaeans, led by Satan.
Research on the origin of Bogomilism has traditionally focused on the possible influence of Manichaean ideas among the [[sect]]s of the [[Cathar]]s, [[Albigensians]], [[Waldensians]], and Bogomils. Manichaeism is said to have been passed to the [[West]] via the Paulicians and the Bogomils to re-emerge in different forms among the European Cathars. Individual medieval historians, who were usually [[monk]]s or [[Clericalism|clerics]], interpreted this influence in terms of a universal [[conspiracy]] of Manichaeans, led by Satan.
More recent scholarship focusing on the possible influence of Manichaean ideas among these sects has questioned the doctrinal affinity between the Manichaeans, the Paulicians, the Bogomils, the moderate Cathars, and the radical Cathars. On the basis of the existing sources, the supposed relationship between the radical Cathars and the Manicheans is regarded as dubious. The most that can be claimed is that all display a form of dualism in absolute rejection and opposition to the orthodox catholic Christian [[dogma]] of [[Monotheism|monotheistic]] [[Trinity|trinitarianism]], which they utterly condemn as [[apostasy]] from the truth.
Different forms of doctrine
Different forms of doctrine