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‘Not to depart from Christ’: Augustine between ‘Manichaean’ and ‘Catholic’ Christianity [PDF]

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2013
The North African Manichaean community provided the setting in which Augustine reaffirmed a commitment to Christ and to ‘Christianity’ that he had largely abandoned in the years of his secular education, and it cultivated in him a positive relationship ...
Jason D. BeDuhn
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The Transformation of Manichaeism in the Middle Ages

open access: bronzeLogos et Praxis, 2023
Firstly, the article discusses the general significance of the phenomenon of "heresy" in the history of European culture. At the same time, it is indicated that in the long term of the social development process, inversions of assessments and ...
Oleg Dushin
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An Analysis of Manichaeism as the First Ideological Challenge During the Sasanian Dynasty [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2022
With the establishment of the Sasanian empire, Ardashir became the heir to the feudal and lenient legacy of the Parthians. He sought to establish political and religious centralism under his reign.
Azim Shahbakhsh
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Comparing Islam with other Late Antique Religions: Examining Theological Parallels with Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Manichaeism

open access: hybridIslamic Studies Review, 2023
This article argues that Islamic theological doctrines emerged out of broad late antique religious trends. Such trends were reflected in Judaism and Christianity, but also transcended them.
Aria Nakissa
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Bāmyazd (Rāzī Wuzurg); The God of Tékhnē and Architecture in Manichaean Theology and Mythology [PDF]

open access: yesمطالعات ادیان و عرفان تطبیقی, 2022
Relying on theological and mythological sources in Manichaean religion, this essay studies and analyzes the action of "Bāmyazd" as a deity who holds the position of Architect of the Gods.
Mohse Sarebannejad, Zahra Rezayati
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Notes on ‘Ḏulfaqār of the Intellect’ and Islamising Manichaeism

open access: diamond59 | 2023, 2023
The present essay aims at elucidating the imagery of the New Persian fragment in Manichaean script M 786, dealing with the lament of the Anima Viva entrapped in the material world.
Andrea Piras
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Czesław Miłosz’s “Theological treatise” in the context of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s religious worldview

open access: yesСлово.ру: балтийский акцент, 2021
The article investigates a religious and philosophical dialogue of Miłosz and Dostoevsky. The antinomic content of Miłosz's poem “Theological Treatise” is analyzed in the context of Dostoevsky's Christocentric worldview, as well as religious and ...
Leonid A. Maltsev
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Archbishop William King’s Critique of Manichaeism in the Treatise "On the Origin of Evil" (1702)

open access: yesStudia z Historii Filozofii, 2023
This paper examines the Irish philosopher, theologian and divine William King’s (1650–1729) discussion of Manichaeism in the essay De Origine Mali (On the Origin of Evil) (1702).
Przemysław Spryszak
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