religious_sect

manichees

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Properties

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association
Faustus
criticized_texts
Old Testament
description
A religious sect whose teachings, characterized by 'long fables', the narrator critically compares with the ideas of philosophers.
doctrine_characteristic
long fables
doctrine_feature
dualism
practice
mocked credulity, imposed absurd things
promise
certain knowledge

Relationships

  • mockedcredulity
    description
    The Manichees mocked the credulity of their followers by promising certain knowledge while imposing absurd beliefs.
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    source_text
    Manichees our credulity was mocked by a promise of certain knowledge
  • imposedfabulous and absurd things
    description
    The Manichees imposed many fabulous and absurd things to be believed, precisely because they could not be demonstrated.
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    source_text
    so many most fabulous and absurd things were imposed to be believed, because they could not be demonstrated
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    2026-03-02T21:55:08.020Z
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  • referenced_byAugustine
    context
    abandons
    source
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    source_text
    the Manichees were to be abandoned
  • referenced_byLaw and the Prophets
    context
    are scoffed at by
    source
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    source_text
    no answer could be given to such as hated and scoffed at the Law and the Prophets
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    2026-03-02T21:55:20.541Z
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  • referenced_byFaustus
    context
    is_a_bishop_of
    source
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    source_text
    Bishop of the Manichees, Faustus by name
  • extracted_fromSource
    extracted_at
    2026-03-02T21:55:32.539Z
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