• Manichaean scripture includes nine main books: the Seven Treatises of Manichaeism, all personally written by Mani in Syriac, the Shabuhragan written by...
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    Manichaeism (redirect from Manichaean)
    height was one of the most widespread religions in the world. Manichaean churches and scriptures existed as far east as China and as far west as the Roman...
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    Religious text (redirect from Scriptures)
    Religious texts, including scripture, are texts which various religions consider to be of central importance to their religious tradition. They often...
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    fact that Ohrmuzd reminds him of (Bundahishn 1.16). In contrast, in Manichaean scripture, Mani ascribes foresight to Ahriman. Some Zoroastrians believed Ahriman...
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    once wrote about the Manichaeans' obsession[clarification needed] with Jesus and there are many hymns in the Manichaean scriptures in various languages...
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    Mani (prophet) (category Manichaeans)
    account in Fihrist by Ibn al-Nadim, purportedly by al-Biruni, or were anti-Manichaean polemics, such as the 4th-century Acta Archelai. Among these medieval...
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    in Aramaic-derived scripts (Pahlavi and Manichaean) on inscriptions and in Zoroastrian and Manichaean scriptures from between the third to the tenth centuries...
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    endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg (Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩𐭪, Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫀𐫡𐫘𐫏𐫐‎, Avestan script: 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬯𐬍𐬐) in its later form...
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    the Manichaean monasteries, destroyed the temples, burnt their scriptures, laicized or killed the clergy, and specifically executed seventy Manichaean nuns...
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  • The Dunhuang Manichaean texts refers to three Manichaean manuscripts of the Tang dynasty found in the Buddhist scripture cave of Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang...
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    confirmed more recently by the Cologne Mani Codex. None of the Manichaean scriptures has survived in its entirety, and it seems that the remaining fragments...
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    of the Prophet and the Gospel of Mani, one of the last surviving Manichaean scriptures. Many manuscripts from the Medinet Madi library are currently held...
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    Erzongjing ("Text of the Two Principles") that became the most popular Manichaean scripture in China. Manichaeism had a bad reputation among Tang dynasty authorities...
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    Sinologists Shawan and Perch and translated the scripture into French and considered them as Manichaean scripture. The manuscript is in scrolls, with an incomplete...
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  • Medinet Madi library (category Manichaean texts)
    (Dublin part) Manichaean scripture Cologne Mani-Codex Psalms of Thomas Nag Hammadi library List of Gnostic texts Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies Robinson...
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    "established anew the ancient Faith". In his youth he was drawn to the Manichaean faith, and later to the Hellenistic philosophy of Neoplatonism. After...
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    Qulasta and Left Ginza and the Manichaean Psalms of Thomas (earlier suggested by Säve-Söderbergh (1949) to be due to Manichaean adaptations of Mandaeans hymns)...
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    Mithra (section In scripture)
    Parthian-speaking Manichaeans used the name of Mithra current in their time (Mihryazd, q.e. Mithra-yazata) for two different Manichaean angels. The first...
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  • inscriptions from the Parthian and Sasanian eras and in Zoroastrian and Manichaean scriptures from between the 3rd to the 10th century AD. New Persian literature...
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    The Book of Giants (category Manichaean texts)
    an antediluvian (pre-Flood) narrative that was received primarily in Manichaean literature and known at Turfan. However, the earliest known traditions...
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  • The Epistles (Manichaeism) (category Manichaean texts)
    which means "Letter Collection". They have been long known among Manichaean scriptures They were originally written during the years of Mani’s public mission...
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    Arzhang (category Manichaean texts)
    sacred text in that it contained numerous pictures designed to portray Manichaean cosmogony, which were regarded as integral to the text. The original Arzhang...
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  • found with texts from the Manichaean Medinet Madi library, Falkenberg (2018) demonstrates that Eugnostos contains strong Manichaean influences. The vocabulary...
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    from the hymn "Praise Jesus Text", which is like a Buddhist scripture in the Chinese Manichaean hymn scroll: The Buddha-Jesus, who is the most powerful and...
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    supposedly Taoist treatise, the Huahujing "Scripture of the Conversion of the Barbarians", popular with Chinese Manichaeans, declared Mani to be a reincarnation...
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    Jesus Text", which is like a Buddhist scripture in the Chinese Manichaean hymn scroll. Chinese Manichaeism Manichaean Compendium Fragmented pages of Manichaen...
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    The Manichean Compendium is a Manichaean manuscript found in the Mogao Caves. It is a manuscript expounding the doctrine of Manicheaism. It was written...
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    Didactic Images of the Manichaeans from Sasanian Mesopotamia to Uygur Central Asia and Tang-Ming China (PDF). Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies. Vol. 90....
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    cenobitic groups who decided not to join him, such as the Melitians and Manichaeans. Before Pachomius had begun organizing monastic communities, the Melitians...
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    Hegemonius, the Acta Archelai is the oldest and most significant anti-Manichaean polemical text. Originally composed in Greek in the fourth century, it...
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