a religion founded by Manes in the third century; a synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and Babylonian folklore and Buddhist ethics and superficial elements of Christianity; spread widely in the Roman Empire but had largely died out by 1000
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manichaeism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | manichaeanism |
| Type of | faith, religion, religious belief |
| Derivation | manichaean, manichean |
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Manichaeism, Zoroastrianism, and Gnostic sects of Christianity are, or were, dualist.
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Manichaeism continued to spread with extraordinary speed through both the east and west.
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Manichaeism may have influenced the Bogomils, Paulicians, and Cathars.
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Manichaeism had two types of followers, the auditors, and the elect.
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Manichaeism in the later Roman Empire and medieval China.
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Manichaeism was founded by the prophet, Mani.
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Manichaeism, which had been chased out of the Middle East and Europe, found its way east along the Silk Road.
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Manichaeism thrived between the third and seventh centuries, and at its height was one of the most widespread religions in the world.
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Manichaeism presented an elaborate description of the conflict between the spiritual world of light and the material world of darkness.
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- A religion founded by Manes in the third century; a synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and Babylonian folklore and Buddhist ethics and superficial elements of Christianity; spread widely in the Roman Empire but had largely died out by 1000
- Manichaeism (/u02CCmu00E6nu1D7Bu02C8kiu02D0u026Azu0259m/; in Modern Persian u0622u06CCu06CCu0646 u0645u0627u0646u06CC u0100yin-e Mu0101ni; Chinese: u6469u5C3Cu6559; pinyin: Mu00F3nu00ED Jiu00E0o; Xiao'erjing: u0645u0648u0652u0646u0650 u0643u0650u064Au064Eu0648u0652) was a major religion that was founded by the Iranian prophet Mani (in Persian: u0645u0627u0646u06CC, Syriac: u0721u0710u0722u071D , Latin: Manichaeus or Manes; c. 216u2013276 AD) in the Sasanian Empire.
- Manichaeim, founded by Mani in the third century C.E., is an entirely dualistic religion that teaches the eternal conflict between the bright, spiritual realm of God and the dark, material realm of Satan. God in this context is a finite God. ...
- (or Manichaeanism) was a religious movement founded in the third century CE, of which Augustine of Hippo was a member in his youth. ...
