person

manichaeus

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claim
Holy Ghost personally within him
description
A religious leader and founder of a sect, whose writings on astronomical subjects were found to be contrary to scientific calculations and who falsely claimed to embody the Holy Ghost.
influence
source of Manichaean beliefs
legacy
books full of fables
role
religious leader

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  • wrote_onSolstices
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    Manichaeus wrote extensively on subjects including solstices, but his accounts were found to be inaccurate and lacking in detail.
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    Manichaeus, which in his frenzy he had written most largely on these subjects; but discovered not any account of the solstices, or equinoxes,
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    Manichaeus wrote extensively on subjects including equinoxes, but his accounts were found to be inaccurate and lacking in detail.
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    Manichaeus, which in his frenzy he had written most largely on these subjects; but discovered not any account of the solstices, or equinoxes, or the eclipses of the greater lights
  • wrote_onEclipses of the Greater Lights
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    Manichaeus wrote extensively on subjects including eclipses of the greater lights, but his accounts were found to be inaccurate and lacking in detail.
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    or the eclipses of the greater lights, nor whatever of this sort I had learned in the books of secular philosophy.
  • claimed_to_embodyHoly Ghost
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    Manichaeus persuaded men that the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, was personally within him with plenary authority.
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    That the Holy Ghost, the Comforter and Enricher of Thy faithful ones, was with plenary authority personally within him."
  • taught_falsely_ofSun
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    Manichaeus was found to have taught falsely concerning the motions of the sun, revealing his sacrilegious presumption.
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    he was found out to have taught falsely of the heaven and stars, and of the motions of the sun and moon
  • taught_falsely_ofMoon
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    Manichaeus was found to have taught falsely concerning the motions of the moon, revealing his sacrilegious presumption.
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    he was found out to have taught falsely of the heaven and stars, and of the motions of the sun and moon
  • taught_falsely_ofStars
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    Manichaeus was found to have taught falsely concerning the stars, revealing his sacrilegious presumption.
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    he was found out to have taught falsely of the heaven and stars,
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