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Contributions to the Knowledge of Manichaeism

Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1924
IN MANICHAEISM we are familiar with the figure of the great mother-goddess, the Mother of Life (or, more exactly, Mother of the Living), who is found likewise in the earlier Gnostic systems.' The triune relationship of a Father God, Mother Goddess, and Son is recognizable, and is familiar elsewhere.2 In the Greek and Latin writings dealing with the ...
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Existentialism and Manichaeism

Norman Mailer in Context, 2021
Victor Peppard
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Manichaeism in China: A Century of New Discoveries

The Medieval history journal
Once considered a dangerous Christian heresy, Manichaeism is now seen as an early world religion astriding the Silk Road. Evidence for its presence in China was found among the Chinese texts discovered in Dunhuang in 1911.
Samuel N. C. Lieu
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The emergence and spread of Manichaeism as a cultural phenomenon

American Journal Of Philological Sciences
This article explores the literary tradition that developed on the basis of Manichaean teachings, tracing its evolution and cultural significance. It highlights how Manichaean-inspired poetry, while deeply rooted in early Turkic literature, transcended ...
Shaknoza Rakhmanova
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Dualism in Mani and Manichaeism

Chôra, 2015
The term ‘Manichaean’ has come to be regarded as synonymous with a radical dualistic perspective, and is now utilised in all sorts of contexts such as literature and politics. Gardner examines what can be known of the actual teachings of the third‑century sage and self‑declared ‘Apostle of Jesus Christ’ known as Mani or Manichaios.
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Christianity and Manichaeism

2007
The religion of Mani arose from a Judaeo-Christian milieu in southern Mesopotamia in the third century, which was a time of both cultural and religious syncretism. Central to Mani's self identity as the leader of a universal religion was his self-declared title of 'Apostle of Jesus Christ' and in Western Manichaean sources he was sometimes identified ...
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The Doctrine of Metempsychosis in Manichaeism

Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1925
THE FACT THAT Manl taught the doctrine of metempsychosis, ini one form or another, is clear from the old non-Manichaean writings that relate to his religion and from the actual Manichaean documents discovered in recent years. Mdnl's own animistic conception oi the particles of light as diffused through all sentient nature in his dualistic scheme of the
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Manichaeism in the Early Sasanian Empire

Numen, 1993
AbstractIt is well-known that Mani knew Christian Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism and also a little of Buddhism and used different items from these religions. As we can see from the Šäbuhragän, the central themes of Mani's teachings at the Sasanian court were the "two principles" and the "three times", but he reworked them and brought them close to ...
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Augustine, Akrasia, and Manichaeism

American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, 2003
This paper examines Augustine's analysis of the possible causes of akrasia and suggests that an implicit two-phased consent process takes place in an akratic decision. This two-phased consent theory revolves around Augustine's theory of the two wills, one carnal and the other spiritual. Without the help of grace, the fallen will dominated by the carnal
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Manichaeism and Gnosticism in the Papyri

2011
The church fathers were appalled in particular by the Gnostics' condemnation of creation. But the fact that much of their teaching was in many respects not so far from Christian dogma must have disturbed the advocates of the “real” Christian church. In some of these Gnostic systems, Christ was the main savior figure; in others, it was the forefathers ...
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