Mrdjenovic, Nemanja S. (2024) Bogomoljci: A Missional Movement of the Orthodox Laity as a Blessing and a Challenge to the Church. Phronema, 39 (1). pp. 45-66.
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The focus of this essay is the ecclesial analysis of the phenomenon of the Bogomoljci movement in the Serbian Orthodox Church. This movement appeared at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries in the context of Serbian Orthodoxy in close contact with some Protestant groups, as a type of a missional ministry of the laity. The essay is an attempt to present the true origins, development, and the outcomes of the Bogomoljci movement, looking at both the good and the bad sides, to understand the place and the role of such lay movements in the missional work of the Church today. The essay goes a step back in order to present the foundations and the background of the phenomenon, which is traced to the occasional lethargy in the inward mission of the Church as well as the significant impact of the so-called Nazarene movement of Protestant pietism on Serbian folk Orthodoxy. The essay also compares the original Bogomoljci movement which operated between the two World Wars with the modern reinstatement which appeared in the early 1990s. Lastly, the essay points to the necessity of an objective revaluation of the consequences of this movement and possible lessons for the near and far future of the Church. In the time of an expanding growth of the Church in the Diaspora and a common romanticising of the past, the need to reaffirm some basic ecclesiological principles in Orthodox theology might be of the highest importance for a development of a healthy missional outlook.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bogomoljci, laity, spiritism, ecclesiology, mission, Nazarenes, Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Theology of revival and renewal B Mission theology/theory > Conversion G Christian traditions/Denominations > Eastern Orthodox |
| Divisions: | Balkan countries > Serbia |
| Depositing User: | Katharina Penner |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Oct 2025 06:35 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2025 06:35 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/3202 |
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