{"id":159984,"date":"2025-07-25T14:56:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azbuki.bg\/?p=159984"},"modified":"2025-09-03T10:52:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T07:52:00","slug":"dualistic-principles-and-formulations-in-the-teaching-of-the-paulicians-and-bogomils-through-the-eyes-of-presbyter-cosmas-and-euthymius-zigabenus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathinfo.azbuki.bg\/en\/uncategorized\/dualistic-principles-and-formulations-in-the-teaching-of-the-paulicians-and-bogomils-through-the-eyes-of-presbyter-cosmas-and-euthymius-zigabenus\/","title":{"rendered":"Dualistic Principles and Formulations in the Teachings of the Paulicians and Bogomils through the Eyes of Presbyter Cosmas and Euthymius Zigabenus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dimo Penkov<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Sofia University \u201cSt Kliment Ohridski\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2025-02S-03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2025-02S-03<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong>. This paper aims to present, from a comparative perspective, the dualism underlying the teachings of the Paulicians and Bogomils. A theological study of this subject is inextricably linked to several important and still insufficiently explored aspects of the worldview of Paulicianism and Bogomilism. With regard to Paulician dualistic doctrine, the theological-apologetic analysis will be based on the 24th title of Euthymius Zigabenus&#8217; \u201cDogmatic Panoply\u201d. Concerning the Bogomil doctrine, the analysis will be conducted through the perspective of Presbyter Cosmas in his \u201cDiscourse Against the Bogomils\u201d and the 27th title of Euthymius Zigabenus&#8217; work..<\/p>\n<p>The publication will also briefly examine the ancient dualistic heresies of the East, which directly or indirectly influenced the teachings of the Paulicians and Bogomils. By comparing these two heretical movements, both of which were widespread in Bulgarian lands, the study outlines their fundamental dualistic principles and propositions while also identifying clear distinctions between them, particularly in terms of the nature of their dualism \u2013 whether extreme or moderate.<\/p>\n<p><em>Keywords<\/em>: Dualism; Heresy, Paulicianism, Bogomilism, Manichaeism, Docetism<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mathinfo.azbuki.bg\/en\/member-login\/\">Log in to read the full text<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dimo Penkov Sofia University \u201cSt Kliment Ohridski\u201d https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2025-02S-03 Abstract. This paper aims to present, from a comparative perspective, the dualism underlying the teachings of the Paulicians and Bogomils. A theological study of this subject is inextricably linked to several important and still insufficiently explored aspects of the worldview of Paulicianism and Bogomilism. 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