The Bagnolians were a

sect A sect is a subgroup of a religious, political, or philosophical belief system, usually an offshoot of a larger group. Although the term was originally a classification for religious separated groups, it can now refer to any organization that b ...

in the 8th century, deemed

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, who rejected the Old Testament and part of the New Testament. They held the world to be

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, and affirmed that God did not create the soul, when he infused it into the body. They derived their name from Bagnols,There are several places in France called Bagnols. All are in or close to the Languedoc. It may be impossible to determine the Bagnolians' place of origin with any certainty. a city in

Languedoc The Province of Languedoc (; , ; oc, Lengadòc ) is a former province of France. Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse. It had an area of approximately ...

, France. Their doctrine generally agreed with that of the

Manicheans Manichaeism (; in New Persian ; ) is a former major religionR. van den Broek, Wouter J. Hanegraaff ''Gnosis and Hermeticism from Antiquity to Modern Times''SUNY Press, 1998 p. 37 founded in the 3rd century AD by the Parthian prophet Mani (AD ...

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Gnosticism Christian denominations established in the 8th century

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