On the Prehistory of Bogomilism – the Historical and Religious Continuum of the Dualistic Groups in Early Medieval Bulgaria (8th–10th Century)

• Authors: Hristo Saldzhiev

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the present article is to shed light on the prehistory of Bogomilism, in particular on the existence of an initial Proto-Bogomilian group from the second half of the 8th century to the first decades of the 10th century, which subsequently gave rise to Bogomilism. For this purpose I will try to regard problems referring to the time and exact place of its emergence, the cultural and ethnical affiliation of its first adherents, its connection with previous dualistic teachings from the Near East and Anatolia. The final conclusions are: • The roots of Bogomilism must be sought among the Syriac migrants who settled in Thrace in the second half of the 8th century. • Groups which shared a different kind of dualistic ideas and notions existed among them. The group that can be identified as “Proto-Bogomilian” most likely inhabited the region of Philippopolis/ Plovdiv and followed some branch of Paulicianism different from this of Paulicians who in the mid-9th century built the “Paulician state” in Tephrice. • The dualism of the Proto-Bogomilian group stemmed from Marcion’s doctrine with some Manichean admixtures. It had experienced the influence of Masallianism long before the migration of this group towards the Balkans. This can explain the differences with Marcionists and Paulicians. The radical asceticism of the later Bogomils most probably must be attributed to the influence of Masallianism on the initial Proto-Bogomilian group too.

Keywords

EN

Bogomilism; Poto-Bogomilian group; Bulgaria; Manicheism; Masallianism; Marcionists; Paulicians

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Studia Ceranea
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 11
• Pages: 721-761

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Hristo Saldzhiev

• Trakia University – Stara Zagora, Faculty of Education, Department of Pedagogical and Social Sciences, St. Armejska 9, Stara Zagora 6000, Bulgaria; Plovdiv University – Paisii Hilendarski, Faculty of Philology, Department of History of Bulgarian Language and Common Linguistic

• https://orcid.org/0000000241166600

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/2084-140X.11.38

Biblioteka Nauki

2027727