▁of ▁Ant io ch , ▁and ▁Arch bishop ▁S is in nius . ▁They ▁were ▁first ▁condem ned ▁as ▁her et ical ▁in ▁a ▁syn od ▁of ▁ 3 8 3 ▁AD ▁( Side , ▁Pam ph yl ia ), ▁whose ▁act a ▁was ▁referred ▁to ▁in ▁the ▁works ▁by ▁Phot ius . ▁Their ▁leader ▁was ▁supposed ly ▁a ▁man ▁named ▁Peter ▁who ▁claimed ▁to ▁be ▁Christ . ▁Before ▁being ▁st oned ▁to ▁death ▁for ▁his ▁bl as ph em ies , ▁he ▁promised ▁his ▁follow ers ▁that ▁after ▁three ▁days ▁he ▁would ▁rise ▁from ▁his ▁tomb ▁in ▁the ▁shape ▁of ▁a ▁w olf , ▁attract ing ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁Ly cop et rus ▁or ▁Peter ▁the ▁Wolf . ▁Christians ▁believed ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁Peter ▁who ▁would ▁come ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁grave , ▁but ▁a ▁devil ▁in ▁dis gu ise . ▁ ▁They ▁continued ▁to ▁exist ▁for ▁several ▁centuries , ▁influen cing ▁the ▁Bog om ils ▁of ▁Bulg aria , ▁who ▁are ▁called ▁Ly cop et ri ans ▁in ▁an ▁ab j uration ▁formula ▁of ▁ 1 0 2 7 . ▁and , ▁thereby , ▁the ▁Bos n ian ▁Church , ▁the ▁Pat aren es ▁and ▁C ath ar ism . ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁century ▁the ▁sect ▁had ▁reached ▁Boh emia ▁and ▁Germany ▁and , ▁by ▁a ▁resolution ▁of ▁the ▁Council ▁of ▁T rier ▁( 1 2 3 1 ), ▁was ▁condem ned ▁as ▁her et ical . ▁ ▁Michael ▁Ps ell os , ▁a ▁By z antine ▁mon k