manichaeism
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- A dualistic religious movement that the Narrator followed for a significant period. It held distinctive beliefs, such as the weeping of fig-trees and the role of 'Elect' saints in releasing divinity.
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- Manichees
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- fig-tree weeping belief
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- includes_beliefFig-tree Weeping Belief
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- Manichaeism encompassed the belief that fig-trees wept when plucked, and their 'mother' trees shed milky tears.
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- believe that a fig-tree wept when it was plucked, and the tree, its mother, shed milky tears?
- includes_conceptParticles of Divinity
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- A core Manichaean concept was that particles of divinity were bound in figs and could be liberated by an 'Elect' saint.
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- there shall burst forth particles of divinity, at every moan or groan in his prayer, which particles of the most high and true God had remained bound in that fig, unless they had been set at liberty by the teeth or belly of some "Elect" saint!
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:13.922Z
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