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- Mani (c.216–274 C.E.) was an Iranian religious prophet and preacher who founded Manichaeism, an ancient dualistic religion that was once prolific in Persia but is now extinct.
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Mani [a] (/ ˈ m ɑː n i /; [6] c. April AD 216 – 2 March AD 274 or 26 February AD 277) was an Iranian [7] [8] [9] [10] prophet and the founder of Manichaeism, a religion most prevalent in late antiquity.
Mani (born April 14, 216, southern Babylonia—died 274?, Gundeshapur) was an Iranian founder of the Manichaean religion, a church advocating a dualistic doctrine that viewed the world as a fusion of spirit and matter, the original contrary principles of good and evil, respectively.
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But here, the Seal of the Prophets does not refer to Mani as the final Prophet, but rather to the virtue of Wisdom. By practicing wisdom, Manichean faithful are authenticating the truth of their Prophets' message, much as Mani's seal authenticated the authorship of his letters.
The Persian prophet Mani created a new religion in the 3rd century AD. He believed the world is a combat between the forces of dark and light which ultimately causes the release of the...
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Manichaeism (/ ˌ m æ n ɪ ˈ k iː ɪ z əm /; in New Persian آیینِ مانی Āyīn-e Mānī; Chinese: 摩尼教; pinyin: Móníjiào) is a former major world religion, founded in the 3rd century CE by the Parthian prophet Mani (216–274 CE), in the Sasanian Empire.
Mani (c.216–274 C.E.) was an Iranian religious prophet and preacher who founded Manichaeism, an ancient dualistic religion that was once prolific in Persia but is now extinct.
The Living Gospel (also Great Gospel, Gospel of the Living and variants) was a 3rd-century gnostic gospel written by the Manichaean prophet Mani.
