{"id":159987,"date":"2025-07-25T15:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azbuki.bg\/?p=159987"},"modified":"2025-09-03T10:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T07:52:23","slug":"the-bogomil-ritual-before-the-cross-and-its-doctrinal-foundations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/press.azbuki.bg\/en\/uncategorized\/the-bogomil-ritual-before-the-cross-and-its-doctrinal-foundations\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bogomil Ritual before the Cross and its Doctrinal Foundations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ivan Christov<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Sofia University \u201cSt Kliment Ohridski\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2025-02S-04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2025-02S-04<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong>. Panoplia Dogmatica by Euthymios Zigabenos is undoubtedly the most important source for Bogomilism in Constantinople in the 12th century. The Title 27 offers a systematic exposition of this heresy, and gives a unique first-hand testimony from Basil the Physician, in the investigation of whom Zigabenos was engaged. One such first-hand testimony concerns the ritual that the Bogomils performed before the cross. The paper analyses it and establishes an inconsistency of Zigabenos\u2019 interpretation with the words of the heresiarch, as well as internal contradictions in it. On this basis, a hypothesis is put forward about the real meaning of the Bogomil ritual before the cross. It symbolizes the choice of the true path \u2013 the path of the Bogomil, who chooses the cross of light over the demonic cross of death. At the heart of the Bogomil ritual is the bifurcation of this most important Christian symbol, which is directly related to their dualism.<\/p>\n<p><em>Keywords<\/em><em>:<\/em> Bogomilism, heresy, dualism, cult, symbol, cross<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/press.azbuki.bg\/en\/member-login\/\">Log in to read the full text<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ivan Christov Sofia University \u201cSt Kliment Ohridski\u201d https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2025-02S-04 Abstract. Panoplia Dogmatica by Euthymios Zigabenos is undoubtedly the most important source for Bogomilism in Constantinople in the 12th century. The Title 27 offers a systematic exposition of this heresy, and gives a unique first-hand testimony from Basil the Physician, in the investigation of whom Zigabenos was [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":124332423427287,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[12537,12542,12540,12527,12539,12541],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Bogomil Ritual before the Cross and its Doctrinal Foundations - \u0410\u0437-\u0431\u0443\u043a\u0438<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/strategies.azbuki.bg\/uncategorized\/the-bogomil-ritual-before-the-cross-and-its-doctrinal-foundations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Bogomil Ritual before the Cross and its Doctrinal Foundations - \u0410\u0437-\u0431\u0443\u043a\u0438\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ivan Christov Sofia University \u201cSt Kliment Ohridski\u201d https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2025-02S-04 Abstract. 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