Manichaeism
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Manichaeism was a major world religion founded in the third century CE by the Parthian Iranian prophet Mani in the Sasanian Empire. It taught an elaborate dualistic cosmology describing the struggle b
Sealstone of Mani, carved quartz crystal, possibly 3rd century AD, Iraq. Cabinet des Médailles, Paris. The seal reads "Mani, messenger of the messiah", and may have been used by Mani himself to sign his letters.
Manichaean priests, writing at their desks. Eighth or ninth century manuscript from Gaochang, Tarim Basin, China.
Yuan Chinese silk painting Mani's Birth
A 14th-century illustration of the execution of Mani
Augustine of Hippo
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Augustine of Hippo, also well-known as Saint Augustine, was a Christian theologian and philosopher from Thagaste, Numidia Cirtensis and the Bishop of Hippo Regius. He is generally regarded as one of t
Manichaeism
…even stones and the soil. This constant and universal suffering of the captive soul is exquisitely expressed in one of the Coptic Manichaean psalms. Augustine of Hippo also noted that Mani declared himself to be an "apostle of Jesus Christ". Manichaean tradition is noted to have claimed that Mani was the reincarnation…
Saint Augustin by Philippe de Champaigne, c. 1645
Saint Augustine Taken to School by Saint Monica, by Niccolò di Pietro, 1413–15
Saint Augustine and his mother, Saint Monica (1846) by Ary Scheffer
The Conversion of St. Augustine by Fra Angelico