faustus
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- affiliation
- Manichaean
- description
- A Manichaean speaker whose discourse, while perhaps less winning and harmonious than Ambrose's, delivered Manichaean delusions, contrasting sharply with Ambrose's sound teaching.
- discourse_quality
- less winning and harmonious than Ambrose's
- ignorance
- liberal sciences
- influence
- snare of the Devil
- knowledge_gap
- ignorant of liberal sciences beyond grammar
- notable_trait
- smooth language
- profession
- Manichee teacher
- role
- Manichaean speaker
- skill
- eloquent discourse
- title
- Bishop of the Manichees
- trait
- eloquent
Relationships
- readTully's Orations
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- Faustus had read some of Tully's Orations as part of his literary exposure.
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- But because he had read some of Tully's Orations
- readSeneca's Works
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- Faustus had read a few books by Seneca, contributing to his general knowledge.
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- a very few books of Seneca
- is a follower ofManichaeism
- description
- The narrator notes that Faustus adhered to the Manichee sect.
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- had he not been a Manichee
- confesses ignorance aboutastronomical calculations
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- Faustus modestly admits he does not know the answers to the narrator's questions about celestial calculations.
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- he, so far modestly, shrunk from the burthen. For he knew that he knew not these things, and was not ashamed to confess it.
- loosensNarrator's adherence to Manichaeism
- description
- Unwittingly, Faustus's actions begin to free the narrator from his commitment to the Manichee sect.
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- Thus, that Faustus, to so many a snare of death, had now neither willing nor witting it, begun to loosen that wherein I was taken.
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:18.545Z
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- is_disciple_ofManichaean Sect
- description
- The narrator had been a disciple of the Manichaean sect for nine years and intensely longed for the coming of Faustus, a leader within the group.
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- almost all those nine years, wherein with unsettled mind I had been their disciple, I had longed but too intensely for the coming of this Faustus.
- is_ignorant_ofLiberal Sciences
- description
- Faustus was discovered to be utterly ignorant of liberal sciences, except for grammar, during a discussion.
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- I found him first utterly ignorant of liberal sciences, save grammar,
- has_ordinary_knowledge_ofGrammar
- description
- Faustus's knowledge of grammar was found to be only in an ordinary way, indicating his limited academic understanding.
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- and that but in an ordinary way.
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:22.987Z
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- is_a_bishop_ofManichees
- description
- Faustus held the ecclesiastical position of a Bishop within the Manichean religious sect in Carthage.
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- source_text
- Bishop of the Manichees, Faustus by name
- is_a_snare_ofDevil
- description
- Faustus is depicted as a deceptive instrument or trap of the Devil, leading many astray with his rhetoric.
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- Faustus by name, a great snare of the Devil
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T21:55:32.539Z
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- was associated withManichaean Doctrine of Evil
- description
- Faustus's discourse involved wandering amid Manichaean delusions, contrasting with Ambrose's sound teaching of salvation.
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- for the one was wandering amid Manichaean delusions, the other teaching salvation most soundly
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T21:55:40.804Z
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