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Meaning of "manichaean"
manichaean (adjective) - Relating to or characteristic of Manichaeism, an ancient Gnostic religion founded by the prophet Mani, typically used in religious or philosophical discussions
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- A follower of Manichaeism.
- Of or relating to Manichaeism.
- Of or concerning a Manichaean.
- Of or relating to a worldview of distinct good and evil.
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Manichaean theology taught a dualistic view of good and evil.
She was informally a Manichaean all her life.
The Manichaean faith was also widely persecuted.
This distinction is again confirmed by the Manichaean script.
Thus the Manichaean dualism has no foundation in reason.
God keep me from becoming a Manichaean.
I see nothing Manichaean at all in the views expressed here.
His thirst for truth was not slaked by the Manichaean doctrine.
An unflattering and Manichaean representation that women have progressively questioned.
The divide between the elite and the people is Manichaean.
This section is a depiction of the Manichaean view of judgement after death.
Manichaean script was not the only script used to render Manichaean manuscripts.
However a smaller amount was written in the Manichaean script in which Manichaean texts were recorded.
The Manichaean explanation for the cause of personal evil is relatively straightforward.
The few graves showcase the Chinese presence at the time and the Manichaean religion.
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Manichaean script is so named because Manichaean texts attribute its design to Mani himself.
This book concerns the mysterious death and disappearance of Vatican priests and a secret Manichaean conspiracy.
A Manichaean battle between the righteous and wicked will be followed by the Frashokereti.
The word is attested in Manichaean Parthian as gwsʾn.
These Manichaean manuscripts contain no ideograms.
Such a view reflects the Manichaean past of Augustine.
Small Manichaean communities are still active in modern China.
This is the Manichaean drama.
Manichaean documents have also been found in Chinese Turkestan.
Faustus of Mileve was a Manichaean bishop of the fourth century.
The Cathars were clearly dualists in the classical Manichaean sense.
I strongly object to the Manichaean approach many people would like to force us into.
But history is not Manichaean.
The vast corpus of Manichaean Parthian which do not contain any ideograms.
It is absolutely sophistical to pretend that Christianity is not Manichaean in essence.
Augustine was a follower of Persian Manichaean for nine years before converting to Christianity.
Manichaean Persian language.
Persian monks also maintained a Manichaean temple in the Qocho.
Artifacts of Manichaean and Buddhist provenance are found in Turfan.
Life is not so Manichaean.
The Manichaean creation myth.
But Augustine was not satisfied with Manichaean notion of ultimate reality.
The Manichaean community was divided into the Elected and the Hearers.
The opponents of Brexit are countering this with an almost Manichaean picture of the EU.
Chinese Manichaean hymn scroll.
So you gonna be able to defend themselves publicly, his skill govorničom Manichaean religion.
During the campaign the khagan encountered Manichaean priests who converted him to Manichaeism.
Their ceremonies and teachings are presented in a modern form, and correspond to those of Manichaean.
Augustine of Hippo was Manichaean in his youth.
A Manichaean community is known to have existed from the mid 3rd century AD.
Faustus the Manichaean.
Compared to this Manichaean being of refined malice, the Augustinian devil is stupid.
The psychology of depravity was far more compelling to my Manichaean imagination … than a portrait ofbenevolence.
The Sogdian Buddhist community of Turfan, however, did not follow the Sogdian Manichaean or.
Kundera was not wrong, in the manichaean sense of the word, for having betrayed a spy.
