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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

Cubricus or Corbicius, the founder of Manicheism, was born in Babylonia about the year A.D.

From Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Webster, Nesta H.

Answering with yes or no, Flacius was compelled either to affirm Strigel's synergism or to expose himself to the charge of Manicheism.

From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)

Manicheism was later persecuted on a similar pretext, see Collat.

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz

Finally, during the decline of the empire, it was Babylon again from which emanated Manicheism, the last form of idolatry received in the Latin world.

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz