Les ‚esprits incrédules‘ dans l’apocryphe bogomile Interrogatio Iohannis

Title in English The “distrustful spirits” in the Bogomil apocryphon Interrogatio Iohannis
Authors

ZBÍRAL David

Year of publication 2005
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Heresis: Revue semestrielle d’histoire des dissidences médiévales
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Philosophy and religion
Keywords Interrogatio Iohannis; catharism; bogomilism
Description The notion of the "distrustful spirits" in the Bogomil apocryphon Interrogatio Iohannis seems to be connected with the verses 1 Peter 3:18-20, that at least some of the Cathars believed to be said about angels (which is attested by Moneta of Cremona). In the distinction between the "spiritus increduli" and the "iusti" we may glimpse the widespread Cathar belief that there is a category of fallen angels intended to be saved (Rainer, De heresi, Tractatus de hereticis, Jacques Fournier). This observation is supported by the testimony in the Tractatus de hereticis that some Cathars linked a special type of angels to the quotation of John 10:16, which immediately follows the mention of the "distrustful spirits" in the Interrogatio.

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