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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manichaeism 00:02:05 1 History 00:02:14 1.1 Life of Mani 00:04:45 1.2 Influences 00:15:19 1.3 Spread 00:26:41 1.4 Persecution and extinction 00:32:00 1.5 Later movements accused of "Neo-Manichaeism" 00:33:16 1.5.1 Present day 00:33:43 2 Teachings and beliefs 00:33:53 2.1 General 00:35:26 2.2 Cosmogony 00:40:46 2.3 Outline of the beings and events in the Manichaean mythos 00:42:04 2.3.1 The World of Light 00:42:46 2.3.2 The first creation 00:44:12 2.3.3 The second creation 00:47:03 2.3.4 The third creation 00:48:43 2.3.5 The World of Darkness 00:50:08 3 The Manichaean Church 00:50:18 3.1 Organization 00:53:01 3.2 Religious practices 00:54:13 4 Primary sources 00:57:56 4.1 Originally written in Syriac 00:59:18 4.2 Originally written in Middle Persian 00:59:41 4.3 Other books 01:00:34 4.4 Non-Manichaean works preserved by the Manichaean Church 01:01:28 4.5 Later works 01:02:49 4.6 Critical and polemic sources 01:03:51 4.6.1 Patristic depictions of Mani and Manichæeism 01:04:11 4.6.2 Acta Archelai 01:06:47 4.6.2.1 View of Judaism in the iActa Archelai/i 01:08:11 4.7 Central Asian and Iranian primary sources 01:10:33 4.8 Coptic primary sources 01:11:14 4.9 Chinese primary sources 01:12:43 4.10 Greek life of Mani, Cologne codex 01:13:39 5 Figurative use Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.7290291584487838 Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-B "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Manichaeism (; in Modern Persian آیین مانی Āyin-e Māni; Chinese: 摩尼教; pinyin: Móní Jiào) was a major religious movement that was founded by the Iranian prophet Mani (in Persian: مانی, Syriac: ܡܐܢܝ /mɑni/, Latin: Manichaeus or Manes from Koine Greek: Μάνης; c. 216–276) in the Sasanian Empire.Manichaeism taught an elaborate dualistic cosmology describing the struggle between a good, spiritual world of light, and an evil, material world of darkness. Through an ongoing process that takes place in human history, light is gradually removed from the world of matter and returned to the world of light, whence it came. Its beliefs were based on local Mesopotamian religious movements and Gnosticism.Manichaeism was quickly successful and spread far through the Aramaic-speaking regions. It thrived between the third and seventh centuries, and at its height was one of the most widespread religions in the world. Manichaean churches and scriptures existed as far east as China and as far west as the Roman Empire. It was briefly the main rival to Christianity before the spread of Islam in the competition to replace classical paganism. Manichaeism survived longer in the east than in the west, and it appears to have finally faded away after the 14th century in south China, contemporary to the decline of the Church of the East in Ming China. While most of Manichaeism's original writings have been lost, numerous translations and fragmentary texts have survived. An adherent of Manichaeism is called a Manichaean or Manichean, or Manichee, especially in older sources. |