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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.  

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.  

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.  

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.  

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[[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.

Different forms of doctrine

Different forms of doctrine