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Paulicianism
Paulicians
(,
Pawlikeanner
; ;
Arab
sources:
Baylakani
,
al Bayalika
) were a Christian
Adoptionist
sect, also accused by medieval sources of being
Gnostic
and quasi-
Manichaean
Christian
. They flourished between 650 and 872 in
Armenia
and the eastern
themata
of the
Byzantine Empire
. According to medieval
Byzantine
sources, the group's name was derived from the 3rd century
Bishop of Antioch
,
Paul of Samosata
.
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