Manichaean Texts from the Roman EmpireIain Gardner, Samuel N. C. Lieu Founded by Mani (c. AD 216-276), a Syrian visionary ... who lived in Persian Mesopotamia, Manichaeism spread rapidly into the Roman Empire in the third and fourth centuries AD and became one of the most persecuted heresies under Christian Roman emperors. The religion established missionary cells in Syria, Egypt, North Africa and Rome and has in Augustine of Hippo the most famous of its converts. The study of the religion in the Roman Empire has benefited from discoveries of genuine Manichaean texts from Medinet Madi and from the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt, as well as successful decipherment of the Cologne Mani-Codex which gives an autobiography of the founder in Greek. This first ever single-volume collection of sources for this religion, which draws from material mostly unknown to English-speaking scholars and students, offers in translation genuine Manichaean texts from Greek, Latin and Coptic. |
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... psalms The Manichaean church under Sisinnios and his successor Innaios 19 Persecution of the Manichaean church 94 95 102 102 20 The prayer and martyrdom of Sisinnios ( Mar Sisin ) 104 3 Manichaeism in the Roman Empire Early mission and ...
... psalms The Manichaean church under Sisinnios and his successor Innaios 19 Persecution of the Manichaean church 94 95 102 102 20 The prayer and martyrdom of Sisinnios ( Mar Sisin ) 104 3 Manichaeism in the Roman Empire Early mission and ...
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... Psalms and Prayers ( ? ) 163 50 The titles of Mani's Epistles 165 51 A quotation from ' The Letter to Edessa ' 166 ... psalm by Herakleides 219 71 The great war and the last judgement 220 72 Four recently edited Kephalaia 226 73 ...
... Psalms and Prayers ( ? ) 163 50 The titles of Mani's Epistles 165 51 A quotation from ' The Letter to Edessa ' 166 ... psalm by Herakleides 219 71 The great war and the last judgement 220 72 Four recently edited Kephalaia 226 73 ...
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... psalm of the universal soul 84 A psalm to glorify the Mind 245 246 247 85 Mani's discourse on the ' assent ' and the ' amen ' 249 86 The nature of love 252 87 A psalm in praise of Jesus 253 88 A psalm to the Trinity 254 89 A prayer for ...
... psalm of the universal soul 84 A psalm to glorify the Mind 245 246 247 85 Mani's discourse on the ' assent ' and the ' amen ' 249 86 The nature of love 252 87 A psalm in praise of Jesus 253 88 A psalm to the Trinity 254 89 A prayer for ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The life of Mani | 46 |
79 | 60 |
Manis conflicts and break with the baptist community | 66 |
Mani at the court of the Shahanshah King of Kings | 73 |
The last days and death of Mani | 79 |
The death of Mani compared to the trial and crucifixion of Jesus | 94 |
The Manichaean church under Sisinnios and his successor Innaios | 102 |
Mani discusses astrology | 205 |
The Coptic treatise on the Light Mind | 208 |
The descent of Jesus | 218 |
Augustine on Manichaean Christology | 219 |
The great war and the last judgement | 220 |
Four recently edited Kephalaia | 226 |
Manichaean and other errors concerning the destiny of the soul after death Christian polemic | 229 |
Worship and ethic | 231 |
Manichaeism in the Roman Empire | 109 |
Alexander of Lycopolis on the Manichaean mission in Egypt | 115 |
Manichaeism in the Levant Asia Minor and Greece | 121 |
The conversion of the Manichaeans at Ziph | 129 |
Select legislations against the Manichaeans from Theodosius | 145 |
The scriptures of Mani | 151 |
Manis canon according to the Kephalaia | 153 |
Canon lists from an Arabic and a Chinese source | 154 |
From The Living Gospel | 156 |
From The Treasure of Life | 159 |
From an unnamed work of Mani probably The Pragmateia | 160 |
From The Psalms and Prayers ? | 163 |
The titles of Manis Epistles | 165 |
A quotation from The Letter to Edessa | 166 |
The Fundamental Epistle | 168 |
The Letter to Menoch | 172 |
Spurious letters attributed to Mani | 174 |
Teachings | 176 |
Alexander of Lycopolis on the Manichaean system | 179 |
The Acta Archelai on cosmogony | 182 |
Augustines summary of the teaching | 187 |
An account of the evocation of the gods | 191 |
The prayer of the emanations | 194 |
Concerning the coming of the soul | 196 |
The five worlds of the kingdom of darkness | 199 |
The three days and the two deaths | 202 |
The seven works of the Living Spirit | 204 |
The archetypes of ritual action | 232 |
The three seals | 236 |
Augustine on the bema festival | 237 |
The profits of fasting | 240 |
Augustine on Manichaean ethics | 244 |
Augustine on the redemption of the light particles | 245 |
A psalm of the universal soul | 246 |
A psalm to glorify the Mind | 247 |
Manis discourse on the assent and the amen | 249 |
The nature of love | 252 |
A psalm in praise of Jesus | 253 |
A psalm to the Trinity | 254 |
A prayer for the ascent of the soul | 256 |
Community texts | 259 |
The advent of Mani | 260 |
On the ten advantages of the Manichaean religion | 265 |
An apologia for the distinction between elect and hearer | 268 |
A father instructs his young son | 272 |
The son writes to his mother | 275 |
An elect encourages a sick catechumen | 277 |
A Manichaean scribe sends a spell to a colleague | 278 |
Horion discusses preparations for the agape | 280 |
List and concordance of texts | 282 |
Glossary | 290 |
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