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- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Heresy
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Heresy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Approaches and Evidence
- Part II Case Studies
- 6 Gnosticism
- 7 Manichaeism
- 8 Arianism and Other Christological Disputes
- 9 Pelagius
- 10 The Nestorian Controversy
- 11 Islam as a Christian Heresy
- 12 Iconoclasm
- 13 Accusations of Heresy between East and West
- 14 Bogomils
- 15 The Cathars
- 16 The Medieval Waldenses
- 17 Wyclif, Lollards and Popular Heresy
- 18 Hussite Revolution and Its Heresies
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page ii)
- References
14 - Bogomils
from Part II - Case Studies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 July 2025
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Heresy
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Heresy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Approaches and Evidence
- Part II Case Studies
- 6 Gnosticism
- 7 Manichaeism
- 8 Arianism and Other Christological Disputes
- 9 Pelagius
- 10 The Nestorian Controversy
- 11 Islam as a Christian Heresy
- 12 Iconoclasm
- 13 Accusations of Heresy between East and West
- 14 Bogomils
- 15 The Cathars
- 16 The Medieval Waldenses
- 17 Wyclif, Lollards and Popular Heresy
- 18 Hussite Revolution and Its Heresies
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page ii)
- References
Summary
Even by the standards of medieval heresy, the history of the Bogomils is notable for a lack of sources. This chapter bases its analysis on the long account of Kosmas Presbyter of Pop Bogomil and his followers in tenth-century Bulgaria. Understanding this helps illuminate less informative references and points to a persistent dualist tradition in the Balkans and Byzantium, well capable of exporting organisation and doctrine.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Heresy , pp. 276 - 300Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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