Editing Bogomilism (section)

===Origins===
The [[Gnosticism|Gnostic]] social-religious movement and doctrine originated in the time of [[Peter I of Bulgaria]] (927&ndash;969), seen in the modern day as a reaction against state and clerical oppression of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople|Byzantine church]]. In spite of all measures of repression, it remained strong and popular until the fall of the [[Second Bulgarian Empire]] in the end of the 14th century. Bogomilism was an outcome of many factors that had arisen in the beginning of the 10th century, most probably in the region of Macedonia. It was also strongly influenced by the [[Paulicians]] who had been driven out of [[Armenia]].