manichaeus
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- impudent
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- 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.
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- source of Manichaean beliefs
- legacy
- books full of fables
- role
- religious leader
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:15.894Z
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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,
- wrote_onEquinoxes
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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
- description
- 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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- 2026-03-02T21:55:22.987Z
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