Manicheism
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a word derived from
Manichean.
ManicheannounAlso Manichee an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
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The clever young North African was a teacher of rhetoric who, in his 32 years, had explored such fashionable beliefs as Manicheism and skepticism.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Pauline theology, Augustinianism, and Manicheism have much in common.
From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Roy Wood Sellars
This dualistic view found its way West and appears in Manicheism.
From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Roy Wood Sellars
His fatal blunder was that he did so in terms which were universally regarded as savoring of Manicheism.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente
Saint Augustine, having been for a long time an adherent of Manicheism, afterward spent a great deal of his energy in arguing with this sect and refuting their theories and their criticism.
From The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation by Ernst Von Dobschutz