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Manicheism   Listen
noun
Manicheism, Manichaeism  n.  The doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained, by the Manichaeans.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Manicheism" Quotes from Famous Books



... Dark shadows of death and pain in the sensitive world, of ruin and convulsions, of shivered stars, seem to contradict the faith that all is very good; so that it has been possible for men to drop their plummet in the deep and say, 'I find no God,' and for others to fall into Manichaeism or some form or other ...
— Expositions of Holy Scripture - Isaiah and Jeremiah • Alexander Maclaren

... Lecouteulx de Canteleu provide a clue not to be discovered in other sources. In 1771, they relate, a certain Jutland merchant named Kolmer, who had spent many years in Egypt, returned to Europe in search of converts to a secret doctrine founded on Manichaeism that he had learnt in the East. On his way to France he stopped at Malta, where he met Cagliostro and nearly brought about an insurrection amongst the people. Kolmer was therefore driven out of the island by the Knights of Malta and betook himself ...
— Secret Societies And Subversive Movements • Nesta H. Webster



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