manichees
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- 0
- 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.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- 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.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- so many most fabulous and absurd things were imposed to be believed, because they could not be demonstrated
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T21:55:08.020Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- referenced_byAugustine
- context
- abandons
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- the Manichees were to be abandoned
- referenced_byLaw and the Prophets
- context
- are scoffed at by
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- no answer could be given to such as hated and scoffed at the Law and the Prophets
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T21:55:20.541Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- referenced_byFaustus
- context
- is_a_bishop_of
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- Bishop of the Manichees, Faustus by name
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T21:55:32.539Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk