nine years of manichaeism
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- Manichaeism
- description
- A significant duration (from the Narrator's nineteenth to twenty-eighth year) during which he was deeply entrenched in the Manichaean heresy and various worldly activities.
- duration
- nine years
- narrator's_state
- seduced and seducing, deceived and deceiving
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- includesLiberal Sciences
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- During this nine-year period, the Narrator was openly involved in sciences described as liberal.
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- openly, by sciences which they call liberal;
- includesWorldly Pursuits
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- The nine-year period was characterized by the Narrator's engagement in various worldly pursuits, seeking popular praise and engaging in shows.
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- Here, hunting after the emptiness of popular praise, down even to theatrical applauses, and poetic prizes, and strifes for grassy garlands, and the follies of shows, and the intemperance of desires.
- includes_practiceManichaean Practice of Offering Food
- description
- During these years, the Narrator and his friends practiced carrying food to 'elect' Manichees for cleansing.
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- There, desiring to be cleansed from these defilements, by carrying food to those who were called "elect" and "holy," out of which, in the workhouse of their stomachs, they should forge for us Angels and Gods, by whom we might be cleansed.
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:13.922Z
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