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Bogomils

A Balkan dualistic sect active between the 10th and 15th centuries. Founded by the priest Bogomile, they believed in a rebellious son who continually struggled against the Father for mankind.

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A Balkan dualistic sect that thrived between the 10th and 15th centuries. Founded by the priest Bogomile in the mid-10th century. Unlike other dualist sects, they believed in a rebellious son who continually struggled against the Father for mankind.

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  1. 1.Jerald C. Brauer and B. A. Gerrish, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971). 122Original citation: Brauer, Jerald C., and B. A. Gerrish, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971, 122.

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