The only prayer recited by its members was "Our Father," recited 120 times per day, and trained an elite caste known as "the Elect."
One lesser branch of this group was known as the Dragovitsians, while another was called the Patarenes. The only prayer recited by its members was "Our Father," recited 120 times per day, and trained an elite caste known as "the Elect." Their leader was condemnded by Nicholas III, and this group had its origin in a community of Armenians originally brought to Philipopolis by John Tzimisces. Theologically related to the Cathars, they believed that the world had been created by Satan, God's eldest son, and that Jesus entered Mary through the ear. Rejecting Christ's miracles and infamous for their orgies, for ten points, identify this group of dualist heretics led by Basil the Physician, eradicated in the Byzantine empire and Bulgaria in the thirteenth century.
One lesser branch of this group was known as the Dragovitsians, while another was called the Patarenes.
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