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Around the year 1150 the Bogomils were repeatedly condemned and persecuted by Emperor Manuel Komnenos without any apparent effect. The Bogomils spread west from the Balkans (Bosnia and Servia) into western Europe, where they became identified with the [[Cathar]]s. The Bogomils were the connecting link between the “heretical” sects of the East and those of the West.  

Around the year 1150 the Bogomils were repeatedly condemned and persecuted by Emperor Manuel Komnenos without any apparent effect. The Bogomils spread west from the Balkans (Bosnia and Servia) into western Europe, where they became identified with the [[Cathar]]s. The Bogomils were the connecting link between the “heretical” sects of the East and those of the West.  

The names of the Cathars or Albigensians are synonyms, the original reference being to the Cathars of the city of Albi in Southern France<ref>Müller</ref>. The Albigenses or Cathars developed into an important neo-Gnostic and dualist Christian heresy in Europe between about 1150 and 1350, significant for its rejection of both state and orthodox catholic ecclesial authority.

"''Cathars''" and "''Albigensians''" are [[synonym]]s, the original reference being to the Cathars of the city of Albi in Southern France<ref>Müller</ref>. The Albigenses or Cathars developed into an important neo-Gnostic and dualist Christian heresy in Europe between about 1150 and 1350, significant for its rejection of both '''state''' authority and orthodox catholic '''ecclesial''' authority.

Moderate Catharism and Radical Catharism.  

Moderate Catharism and Radical Catharism.