Bogomile

And now in this land of heresy, which had become so hostile to the established Churches, hundreds of those who professed the Bogomile faith went over eagerly to Islam; they hoped that in this way they would triumph at the expense of their late persecutors.

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Henry Baerlein 1917

In Bosnia at this time the Bogomile heresy, after winning the people of Herzegovina, that wild and mournful province, attracted not only the peasants but the bans.

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Henry Baerlein 1917

It was in his beneficial reign that the Bogomile heresy was propagated in Serbia -- later on to spread through Bosnia and thence, under the name of Albigensian heresy, to France.

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Henry Baerlein 1917

Bosnia, beginning with Kulin at the close of the twelfth century, see in the Bogomile movement a national Church that would render their subjects more intractable to outside influences, to religious suggestions emanating from Rome, and to political ambitions that came from Hungary.

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Henry Baerlein 1917

The poet in him was much more attracted to the Bogomile sect, which taught that

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Henry Baerlein 1917

In Bulgaria the Bogomile sect, which lasted through the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

They were very numerous in Bosnia, as is proved by the great number of Bogomile graves.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

"good Christians," as the sect was called, on account of the Bogomile humility, the democratic organization of a Church that was in such contrast with the formalism of Byzantine ceremonial, and also on account of some pagan superstitions that were mingled with this

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Henry Baerlein 1917