The alleged Continuity between Bogomilism and Protestantism (original) (raw)

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Abstract

The author examines the connection between beliefs of the Bogomils and the ideas of the Reformation. Controversially, the former have been called "the precursors of the Reformation" and even "the first Protestants in Europe". These claims will be investigated here in the light of the subject of free will. Both the similarities and differences between bogomilian thinking and the ideas of the most important reformer, Martin Luther, will be discussed.

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