manichaean practice of offering food
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- A practice among Manichees where followers would carry food to 'elect' and 'holy' members, believing that their consumption would forge 'Angels and Gods' for purification.
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- cleansing through forged Angels and Gods
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- 'elect' and 'holy' Manichees
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- based_on_beliefManichaean Belief in Forging Angels and Gods
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- The practice of offering food to 'elect' saints was based on the belief that their stomachs would forge Angels and Gods for purification.
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- 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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