The resumption of paganism and heresies in Bulgaria follows the road of science

1. Entity type Lemma
2. Original titleВъзобновяването на езичеството и ересите в България върви по пътя на науката
3. Language term Bulgarian
4. lemma author Nachev, Ivaylo
5. lemma category Culture and national identities
6. Publication date 6-4-2017
7. lemma work Чурешки, Стефан [Author]. The resumption of paganism and heresies in Bulgaria follows the road of science
8. lemma manifestations Pravoslavieto.com (Православие)
9. Keywords Bogomilism
10. Url Click Here
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    1. The article examines the perception of the Bogomils, the dualist sect that originated in the 10^th century Bulgarian kingdom. The author claims that on ideological grounds the historiography in Communist Bulgaria created and affirmed a positive image of the sect after 1944, which is in contradiction to its marginalization both in historical studies and the popular memory before that.

       According to Chureshki, one can speak of “a mystification with the medieval heretics”. The author argued that historians can use very few original documents about the Bogomils which in fact were produced by their opponents – the official church. Thus, it is very difficult to reconstruct the real role played by the Bogomils and most of the conclusions are not based on proven facts. The exaggerated role of the Bogomilism indicates to what extent the popular historical writings were dominated by the communist ideology and atheistic and occult views, according to the author.