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Monumenta Bulgarica
Thomas Butler

Number of quotes: 10


Book ID: 154 Page: 17/19

Section: 2E1

“Let us proceed around the casket, therefore, as around the Ark of the Covenant – not carrying in it today what Moses carried in the Ark, but an apostle…”

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And after he kissed the blessed casket,….

Quote ID: 3282

Time Periods: ?


Book ID: 154 Page: 161

Section: 2D3B

It so happened in. the Bulgarian land that in the time of the orthodox Tsar Peter [PJ: of Bulgaria, d. 970]  there was a priest by the name of Bogomil....  He was the first to teach heresy in the Bulgarian land....  Externally these heretics are like sheep: meek, humble and quiet; they appear pale from their hypocritcal fasting.  They dont utter excessive words; they dont laugh loudly....

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and when they preach they act as if they were in heaven.

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reviling the rules passed down to the holy churches.... 

Quote ID: 3283

Time Periods: 7


Book ID: 154 Page: 161

Section: 2D3B,2E1,2A3

But they [PJ: Bogomils] are worse than devils. Devils fear Christ’s cross, but the heretics cut them up and make tools from them. Devils fear the image of Christ painted on a wooden panel, but the heretics do not bow to icons, calling them idols. Devils fear the relics of God’s righteous /saints/ , not daring to approach the caskets in which lie the priceless treasure, given to Christians for their deliverance from all sorts of misfortune. But the heretics jeer at them, and they make fun of us when they see us bowing to them…

Quote ID: 3284

Time Periods: 7


Book ID: 154 Page: 163

Section: 2D3B,2E1

In error they say about the cross: “Why should we bow to it? Because the Jews crucified God’s Son on it, the cross is more hateful to God.” Thus they teach their people to hate it and not bow to it, saying: “If someone killed the tsar’s son with the tree, can it be dear to the tsar? It’s the same with the cross and God.”

Quote ID: 3285

Time Periods: ?


Book ID: 154 Page: 163

Section: 2A2,2D3B

What do they [Bogomils] say about Holy Communion? That Communion was not created by God’s command, nor is it – as you say – Christ’s body, but, it is like any simple flour. Nor (they say) did Christ create the liturgy: “Therefore we do not honor it.”

Quote ID: 3286

Time Periods: 7


Book ID: 154 Page: 167

Section: 2A1,2D3B

See, brothers, how much the Devil has defeated them [Bogomils]! They reject holy baptism, being disgusted by baptizing children.

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And how can they call themselves “Christians,” when they don’t have priests to baptize them, when they don’t make the sign of the cross, when they don’t sing priestly hymns and don’t respect priests?

Quote ID: 3287

Time Periods: 7


Book ID: 154 Page: 209

Section: 2A1,2D3B

Art. 47. To those [Bogomils] who revile John the Baptist and say that he is from Satan, as is baptism with water, and who baptise without water, saying only the “Our Father” – anathema!

Quote ID: 3289

Time Periods: 7


Book ID: 154 Page: 209

Section: 2A6

Art. 49. To those [Bogomils] who reject and revile the holy and sacred liturgy and the whole Episcopal organization, saying that these are the Devil’s inventions, anathema!

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Art. 50. To those who reject and revile the communion of the holy body of our Lord Jesus Christ, as well as the mystery of all that our Lord Jesus Christ /did/ for our salvation, anathema!

Quote ID: 3290

Time Periods: 7


Book ID: 154 Page: 209

Section: 2E1,2D3B

Art. 51. To those [Bogomils] who reject the veneration of the holy and life-giving cross, and the holy and sacred icons, anathema!

Quote ID: 3291

Time Periods: 7


Book ID: 154 Page: 231

Section: 3A1

From Pope Innocent III to Kalojan, King of Bulgaria

"Trusting the authority of the One through whom Samuel anointed David King, we appoint you King over them [PJ: "the Bulgarian and Wallachian nations"], and we send you by our beloved son Leo, Priest Cardinal of the Holy Cross and Legate of the Holy See – a man of judgment and honor, favored by us among our other brothers – a royal scepter and royal diadem, which will be placed on you by his hands as if they were ours, after he has received from you a sworn oath that you will remain loyal and obedient to us, to our successors, and to the Roman Church, and that you will keep all the lands and peoples subject to your rule in obedience and devotion to the Apostolic See."

Quote ID: 3292

Time Periods: 7



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