manichees
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- _kg_layer
- 0
- attraction_factor
- show of continency
- criticism_target
- Thy Scriptures
- description
- A religious or philosophical sect that Alypius and Augustine were both involved with for a time, attracted by their 'show of continency'. This continency is described as 'senseless and seducing'.
- doctrine
- dualistic
- impact
- ensnaring precious souls
- nature_of_belief
- superstition
- opposed_by
- Nebridius, Narrator (Augustine)
- theological_belief
- dualism, 'nation of darkness' opposing God
Relationships
- posited_opposing_force_toGod
- description
- The Manichees, in their dualistic theology, set a 'nation of darkness' as an opposing mass against God.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- That said nation of darkness, which the Manichees are wont to set as an opposing mass over against Thee
- believed_Soul_is_offspring_ofGod
- description
- The Manichees believed that the human soul was an offspring of God's very Substance, which could be mingled with opposed powers.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- offspring of Thy very Substance
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T21:55:26.119Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- describedManichaean Doctrine of Evil
- description
- The Manichees described gross evil as 'earth' and subtle evil as 'air,' imagining the latter to be a malignant mind.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- whether gross, which they called earth, or thin and subtile (like the body of the air), which they imagine to be some malignant mind, creeping through that earth
- criticisedScriptures
- description
- The Manichees criticized the Scriptures, making the Speaker doubt their defensibility.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- what the Manichees had criticised in Thy Scriptures, I thought could not be defended
- claimed corruption ofScriptures
- description
- The Manichees claimed the New Testament Scriptures had been corrupted to engraft the law of the Jews upon the Christian faith.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- the Scriptures of the New Testament had been corrupted by I know not whom, who wished to engraff the law of the Jews upon the Christian faith
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T21:55:40.804Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- referenced_byAlypius
- context
- loved continency of
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- loving in the Manichees that show of continency which he supposed true
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T21:55:45.897Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk