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According to their teachings, God created and rules the spiritual part of the world, and Satan the material, but Satan is ultimately inferior to God and his side by virtue of being God's elder son. However, Bogomils were not quite free from the absolute dualism of Manichaeism and Paulicianism, and over time they too adopted an absolute position, believing God and Satan are eternal opponents, similar to the one maintained by the posterior ''radical'' Cathars.
According to their teachings, God created and rules the spiritual part of the world, and Satan the material, but Satan is ultimately inferior to God and his side by virtue of being God's elder son. However, Bogomils were not quite free from the absolute dualism of Manichaeism and Paulicianism, and over time they too adopted an absolute position, believing God and Satan are eternal opponents, similar to the one maintained by the posterior ''radical'' Cathars.
Their adoptionist teaching appears to have come from Paul of Samosata (though at a later period the name of Paul was believed to be that of the Apostle). They rejected the Christianity of the Orthodox churches, though they did not accept the docetic teaching of some of the other gnostic sects. They saw anarchism as a good: they opposed anarchism to all established forms of government and church as being alike (see [[Christian anarchism]]).
Their adoptionist teaching appears to have come from Paul of Samosata (though at a later period the name of Paul was believed to be that of the Apostle). They rejected the Christianity of the Orthodox churches, though they did not accept the docetic teaching of some of the other gnostic sects. They saw anarchism as a good: they opposed anarchism to all established forms of government and church as being alike (see [[Anarchism#Types of anarchism|Christian anarchism]]).
As there are no sources giving evidence of Bogomil persecution during the reign of Samuil of Bulgaria (976–1014) as he revolted against the authority of the Byzantine Empire, it is most probable that he relied on the popular support of the movement.
As there are no sources giving evidence of Bogomil persecution during the reign of Samuil of Bulgaria (976–1014) as he revolted against the authority of the Byzantine Empire, it is most probable that he relied on the popular support of the movement.