Introductory Essay on the Manichæan Heresy, By Albert H. Newman, D.D., LL.D · Book IV. In Which He Treats of What Follows in the Same Epistle of Cyprian to Jubaianus
The Anti-manichæan Writings (part 2 of 2)
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Gospel, the, on what authority Augustin received373131; what—refutations of Manichæism respecting,374156,375157.
Gospels, the harmony of,376343 sq.
Habit, the pernicious power of,377121.
Hagar and Sarah,378284.
Hand, the, as a Manichæan symbol,37983 etc.
Happiness, true,38042 etc.
Hardouin's Councils, referred to, 4.
Harmony, the, of the Old and New Testaments,38144,38249,38355,38456; of the Gospels,385343 sq.
Harnack on the Acta Disputationis, referred to, 4; Art. on Manichæism, referred to, 5,38617; quoted,38724; on the relation of Buddhism to Manichæism,38821.
Hebrew prophecy,389201.
Hebrews and Pagans, the difference between the worship of,390263.
Hefele's Councils, referred to, 4.
Heraclides, a Manichæan writer,39133.
Heretics, better to restore than to destroy,392129.
Hermes Trismegistus,393200,394205.
Hervey's work on Genealogies referred to,395161.
Hidden meanings the sweetest,396188.
Hierax, Commentary of mentioned,39733.
Holy Spirit, Manichæan view of criticised by Augustin,398257 sq.; the, when sent,399133; twice given,400134.
Hormizdas, king of Persia,40132.
Hosea, commanded to take to him a "wife of whoredoms,"402304,403308.
Hyde on the significance of Mani's name,40431.
Hyle,405253,406259; and God,407264 sq.,408271 sq.; Faustus' view of,409253; not evil,410354.
Idolatry, the result of apostacy,411261; did the Jews practice it?412263.
Immoral practices of the Manichæans,41387 sq.,414362 sq.
Incarnation, the Apostle Paul on,415177 sq.; of Christ, the, objection of Faustus to,416159,417316.
Indirect construction, instances of,418235.
Indulgences, Manichæan,419166 sq.,420330.
Infants, sinfulness of, thought to be inconsistent with Augustin's definition of sin,421104.
Infinity of God, the, questions about,422320.
Inquirer, the heathen, how answered and instructed,423201-424203; a difficulty of, met,425203; satisfied,426205.
Inquisitiveness condemned in Scripture,42752.
Iras,428293.
Isaac and Rebecca,429289.
Jacob, sets up a stone for a memorial pillar,430191; his vision of the ladder,431192; his polygamy,432289 sq.; his wives, and the typical or symbolical meaning of,433290 sq.
Jericho the capture of,434193.
Jesus, hanging from every tree,435257; was He born of Mary?—cavils of Faustus,436312 etc.; both Son of David and Son of God—Faustus refuted,437314 etc.; did He die?—objections of Faustus refuted,438320 sq.; was He born?—reply to Faustus,439324; both the birth and death of, real, not illusory,440326 sq. [See Christ.]
Jesus patabilis,441158,442253.
Jewish books, learning the Christian faith from,443227; laws and observances—why Christians do not observe,444242 etc.; observed by Jewish, but not by Gentile Christians,445244 sq.
Jews, the, typified by Cain,446186-447188; their unbelief foretold,448203,449204.
Joachim, a priest, alleged by Faustus to be the father of the Virgin Mary,450313 sq.,451315 sq.
John of Damascus on the Manichæans, referred to, 4.
John the Baptist,452307.
Joseph, a type,453192.
Joshua and Jesus,454226.
Journal of the Asiatic Society, referred to, 3.
Judah, the blessing of, its prophetic import,455196; the incest of, with Tamar,456295; and Judas,457296; the prophetic significance of his incest with Tamar,458305 etc.
Judaism, relation of Manichæism to,45921 sq.
Judges, types in the book of,460194.
Justice towards God,46154.
Kessler's list of Mani's writings, referred to,46232; on the relation of Buddhism to Manichæism,46321; works of, on Manichæism, referred to, 5.
"Kingdom of Heaven,"464252.
Kingdom of light, the Manichæan,465135 etc.,466138.
Ladder, Jacob's vision of the,467192.
Lardner referred to,46833,46934,47035,47136.
Latria,472262.
Law, the,. not for Gentiles,473175 sq.; always good,474218; the, and grace,475217; and the prophets, Jesus came not to destroy, but to fulfill—genuineness of the words,476234 etc.; why Christians do not keep the,477192; Faustus' explanation of the words,478239 etc.; reply to Faustus respecting,479241 etc.,480242 etc.; and Judaism, distinguished between by Faustus,481272 etc.; the eternal,482284.
Leah and Rachel,483290 sq.
Lenormant's Ancient History, quoted,48417; Chaldean Magic, referred to, 6.
Lex talionis, the,485248 sq.
"Life, thy, thou shalt see hanging," etc.,486227.
Light, God is, and the source of,487274 sq.; the Manichæan kingdom of,488135 etc.,489138.
Loesche on Augustin's indebtedness to Plotinus referred to,49026.
Logic, the, of Faustus,491229,492230.
Lord's day, the, and Sunday,493238.
Lot, and his daughters,494287 sq.; not equal to Abraham, Isaac or Jacob,495294 sq.
Love, to God,49644; we are united to God by,49747,49848; the fourfold division of,49948; the guiding influence of,50050; of ourselves and of our neighbor,50155; the teaching of the Old Testament as well as of the New,50256 sq.; to enemies,503248 sq.
Love-feasts,504261.
Loving and hating,505248.
Maccabees, heroism of, to be imitated by Christians,506244.
Man, what?50742; the chief good of,50843; wholly created by God—refutation of Faustus respecting,509316 sq.; fleshly and spiritual,510316 sq.
Mandæism, relation of to Manichæism, and to the old Babylonian religious system,51119 sq.
Mandrakes, description of, and the supposed virtues and typical import of; explained,512293 sq.
Mani, sketch of, 8 sq.; theology of, 9 sq.; cosmogony of,51310 sq,; anthropology of,51412 sq.; soteriology of,51513 sq.; cultus of,51614 sq.; eschatology of,51715 sq.; ethics of,51816; the exaltation of, by his followers above Christ, shown by the attention which they bestow upon the anniversary of his martyrdom, and their neglect of the anniversary of Christ's death and resurrection,519132 sq.; name of, etymology of,520247; claims to be an apostle—the claim refuted,521130,522131 etc.,523200; why he called himself an apostle,524131; in what sense his followers believed him to be the Holy Spirit,525132; the festival of the birthday of,526132; promises truth but fails to fulfill his word,527134; wild fancies of,528134,529135; the two substances of his kingdom of light,530135; promises knowledge,531135,532136; his absurd fancy of a land and race of darkness,533136; refutation of his absurd ideas of two territories,534138, etc.; the number of natures in the system of,535140 etc.; his five natures in the region of darkness—refutation of the fiction,536142,537143; sworn by,538247; derivation of the name,539247; which is, he or Matthew to be believed?540325; versus the apostles,541331.
Manichæan god, the, weak or cruel,542159.
Manichæism, how it attracted Christians,54323 sq.; later, sketch of,54429; explained by Faustus,545252 etc.; exposed,546254 etc.
Manichæans, and not Catholics, obedient to the precepts of the gospel, maintained by Faustus and denied by Augustin,547162 sq.; the, two tricks of, for catching the unwary,54841; the two gods of,54945; fictions of, about things good and evil,55063 etc.; three moral symbols devised by,55174 etc.,55283 etc.,55386 etc.; fables of, about God,55475; the abstinence of,55576; why they prohibit the use of flesh,55679 etc.; absurd tenets of, relating to God,55779 etc.; views of, relating to souls,55882; notions of, respecting marriage,55986; serious charges of immorality brought against,56086-56189; to be gently dealt with,562129; their kingdom of darkness,563136,564142,565143; worse than the Anthropomorphists,566139; the first man of,567157; their perverse method of dealing with Scripture, evidence in controversy,568178; the idolatry of,569210; impeached of great errors and sins,570214 etc.; the Decalogue against,571216 etc.; beguiled by the serpent,572218,573219; are tares,574238; the oath used by,575247; the worship of,576255 sq.,577260; the trinity of,578252,579258; the two principles of,580270 etc.; the God of,581279 sq.,582311 sq.; apocryphal gospels of,583303 sq.
Mansi's Councils referred to, 4.
Marcel, Mani's letter to,58433.
Mark, the, set on Cain,585187.
Marriage allowed to the baptized by the apostles,58662,58763; among the Manichæans,58886,58987; with sisters,590286.
Married life, continence in,59158.
Marry, forbidding to,592328 etc.,593330 etc.
Martyrs, honors paid to,594261 sq.; the numbers of,595301 sq.
Mary, the Virgin, did she belong to the tribe of Judah?—assertion of Faustus, and refutation of the same,596313 sq.
Material substances not evil, but only seemingly so from their lack of adaptation to certain constitutions and circumstances,59772 sq.
Mattarians, a Manichæan sect,598165.
Matthew, the call of,599234 sq.; the genuineness of the Gospel of,600325; or Manichæus which to be believed,601325 sq.
Means, the use of,602286 sq.
Meats and drinks, abstinence from, or the reverse,60360,60461,605330.
Measure, an element of the good,606352 sq.; belongs to things regarded as immoderately small or great,607355; in a sense, suitable to God himself,608355.
Menoch, Mani's letter to,60933.
Memory,610137.
Milman's History of Christianity, referred to,61131.
Mind, is it diffused throughout the entire nervous system?612137; has no material extension,613138; the, degraded by departing from God,61447.
Miracle and nature,615321 sq.
Moral precepts of the Old Testament observed by Christians, symbolical precepts, not,616177.
Morality of the law and the prophets,617272 sq.
Months, origin of the names of,618238.
Morals, the, of the Christians,619263.
Moses, the rod of, a type,620192; censured by Faustus for using the word "cursed," and defended,621207,622208 etc.; did he write of Christ?623219 etc.,624221 etc.; is his law pure paganism?625222 etc.; what he wrote of Christ,626222,627224 etc.,628225 etc.; like to Christ,629225; defended against Faustus,630225,631232; his virtues;632298; slays the Egyptian,633299,634309; spoils the Egyptians,635300,636309; slaughters the idolatrous Israelites,637304,638310; burns and grinds to powder the golden calf,639310.
Mouth, the, the value of the Manichæan symbol of,64074, etc.
Mozley's Ruling Ideas in Early Ages, referred to, 5,64151,642107; quoted,64328.
Mugtasila, a Babylonian sect with which Mani was connected, 8.
Muller, Max, his Sacred Books of the East, referred to,64420.
Murder, the Manichæans guilty of, in cutting plants,645169.
Mythology of the Pagans compared with that of the Manichæans,64655 sq.
Nature, so far as it is nature, not evil,647354; every, as such, good,648136; cannot be without good,649146; corruption is not,650147; made by God,651148; and miracle,652321 sq.
Natures corruptible, because made of nothing,653353.
Neander on the relation of Buddhism to Manichæism, referred to,65620.
Negativity of evil,657150.
Neighbor, the love of,65854 sq.; doing good to,65955 sq.
Neo-Platonism, dependence of Augustin on,66025 sq.,66148,662150.
New Testament, the Manichæan treatment of the,663332,664335.
Noah, and the ark,667188 sq.; age of, at the flood,668189; God's covenant with,669190; his drunkenness,670190; conduct of the sons of,671190.
Non-resistance,672249.
Obedience to the gospel, the Manichæan representation of,673162 etc.; reply to Faustus' statement respecting,674163 etc.; unavailing without faith,675164.
Oblasinski on the Acta-Disputationis, referred to, 4.
Old man, the, and the news67651.
Old Testament, the, and the New, the harmony of,67745 etc.,67849 etc.,67956,68057,681301 sq.; Faustus' objections to, and charges against answered,682161 etc.,683167 etc.,684175,685176 etc.,686211 etc.,687212 etc.,688273 sq.,689277 etc.,690332 etc.,691334 etc.; the functions of,692335; the typical nature of,693335.
Olive tree, the good,694176.
Omnipotence of God, the,695322.
Only-begotten, the, of God,696148.
Ophitic Gnosticism, relation of to the old Babylonian religion and its later sects,69719.
Order an element of the good,698352 sq.
Origin of evil, the,699281 sq.
Paganism, imputed to the Catholics by Faustus,702253; the charge of, retorted,703254 etc.; Christians vindicated from the charge of,704261,705263.
Pain only in good natures,706355.
Paraclete, the claim of Mani, born of ordinary generation, to be the, inconsistent with the Manichæan objection to the birth of Christ from the Virgin,707132; Manichæus not the apostle of the,708131; when sent forth,709133; the mission of the,710337; the promise of refers not to Manichæus,711338; sent immediately after the resurrection of Jesus,712338.
Partridge, the, a type of heretics,713204.
Passover, the,714193.
"Patience of Israel, the,"715205.
Patriarchs, the, with all their faults, superior to the Manichæan Elect, and even the Manichæan god,716282; Faustus' opinion of,717340; defended against the attacks of Faustus,718342.
Paul and Circumcision,719245; did he change his opinions respecting Christ?720177 sq.; harmony of his teaching,721180 sq.; the natural fierce energy of, made use of by God,722299.
Paul and Thecla, the apocryphal book of, referred to,723329.
Paulinus of Nola mentioned,72462.
Pelagian controversy more congenial to Augustin's mind than the Manichæan,72535.
Pelagians use Augustin's anti-Manichæan utterances against him,726102,727103 et passim.
Pentecost,728307.
Perfection not attainable in this life,72958.
Periods of the world, six,730185 sq.
Peter,731299.
Petrus Siculus on the Manichæans, referred to, 4.
Philo, his interpretation of Scripture,732195.
Photius on the Manichæans, referred to, 4.
Plants, Manichæan view of the sacredness of the life of,73384.
Poets, pagan, fictions of, more respectable than those of the Manichæans,734214 sq.
Possidius' Life of Augustin, referred to,73734.
Power to do harm from God alone,738358.
Prayer of Augustin for the conversion of the Manichæans,739107.
Pride the cause of Manichæan error,740281.
Principles, the two, of Manichæanism,741270.
Procreation of children regarded as one of the greatest of evils by the Manichæans,74286 sq.
Property allowed to believers by the apostles,74362.
Prophecies of Christ,744183,745196,746197; the fulfillment of, its evidential power,747201.
Prophecy, Hebrew,748199,749200.
Prophecy, relation of Christ to,750235 sq.
Prophet, the, like unto Moses,751224 sq.
Prophets, the Hebrew, and their prophecies respecting Christ, defended against the assaults of Faustus,752183 etc.;753198,754199.
Prostitution condemned by divine and eternal law,755295.
Prudence,75654.
Punishment and forgiveness of sins prerogatives of God,757357 sq.
Punishment constituted for the sinning nature that it may be rightly ordered,758353.
"Pure, all things pure to the,"759330 sq.
Pusey's statements about Mani referred to,76031.
Rachel and Leah,761290-762295.
Rationalism of the Manichæans,763134.
Raven and the dove, the, sent forth from the ark,764189.
Reason, the weakness of, in relation to God,76544.
Record of faith, the,766206.
Religious life of the Manichæans described by Faustus,767163.
Repentance, the utility of, proves that the souls are not by nature evil,768106.
Report, common,769201.
Resurrection of the dead, the,770179.
Rod of Moses, the, a type,771192.
Rufinus, Consol,772113.
Sabbath, the Jewish,773168,774169,775230,776231; why not binding on Christians,777243.
Sabeanism, relation of to Manichæism and to the old Babylonian religion,77819.
Sacraments, the, of the Old Testament,779544; of the Old Testament and the New,780244 sq.; relation of Gentile and Jewish Christians to the Old,781245 sq.
Sacrifice, the true one, and imitations of,782260.
Sacrifices of the Old Testament,783169,784170; typical,785238,786277.
Sadder, the book, cited,78716.
Sallust, referred to,78876.
Samson and the lion,789193 sq.
Sapor, King of Persia,79032.
Sarah, her conduct towards Hagar,791284; Abraham's denial of, as his wife,792285; and Abraham, types,793286, etc.
Sassanian inscriptions, 9.
Saturn, the fetters of,794238.
Saul,795296 sq.
Schaff's History referred to, 3.
Schism, as explained by Faustus,796235,797253.
Schneckenburger's criticism of Baur, 5.
Scriptural authority,798180.
Scriptures, the, authority of,79957,800239; Manichæan mode of dealing with, in controversy,801178; and other good books,802180; the record of faith,803206; how the record of the deeds of evil men in, is to be regarded,804295 sq.; the principle of interpretation to be applied to,805310 sq.; all, profitable,806311; Faustus would subject the, to himself, not be subject to,807339;the genuineness of,808342 sq.
Sect and schism,809253.
Secundinus, Augustin's estimate of his reply to the letter of,81035.
Seed, vegetable and animal, the nature of God in, liberated by being eaten by the Elect,811363 sq.
Shew-bread,812194.
Self-denial, Catholic,813165,814166.
Semi-Christians and pseudo-Christians,815156.
Sensible objects, not to beloved,81651,81752.
Serpent, the brazen,818193.
Sibylline books;819200,820205.
Signacula, the three,82116,82274 sq.
Sin only from the will,825101 sq.; definition of,826103; not apart from free will,827120 sq.; the relation of Adam's posterity to,828121; what is it?829283; not from God, but from the will of those sinning,830357; not the striving for an evil nature, but the desertion of a better,831358.
Socrates' History referred to,83231.
Solomon,833304.
Son of God begotten, not made834356; of David and Son of God, Christ the, denied by Faustus,835313, etc.; proved against Faustus,836314, etc.
Soteriology of the Manichæans,83713.
Soul, the chief good of man,83843; obtains virtue by following after God,83944; of our neighbor, duty of doing good to the,84056; sinned and therefore is miserable,841122; the, nature of the rational,842148; has no material form, and is present in every part of the body,843136,844137; has no material extension,845138; and body,84643; virtue gives perfection to,84743.
Souls, absurd Manichæan notions respecting,84882 etc.,84983 etc.; two, treatise on,85095 sq.; can have their existence from God alone,85195 sq.; that are called evil by the Manichæans, being capable of intellectual perception, are better than any object of perception,85296 sq.; supposed complaint of against the Manichæan God for involving them in endless misery, without necessity, and apart from their own will,853117 sq.,854120.
Spontaneous generation, supposed cases of,85585.
Star of the Magi, the;856157,857158.
Stars, Manichæan superstition regarding the,858158.
Stercutio, a Roman demi-god,85972.
Stokes' art, Manes and Manichæans, referred to, 5,86029.
Subjective method of dealing with Scripture practiced by the Manichæans,861178.
Sulpicius Severus mentioned,86262.
Sun worship on the part of the Manichæans, denied by Faustus,863252 sq.; the, Manichæan worship of, explained by Faustus,864252 etc.; absurd statements of Faustus exposed,865254.
Sunday, and the Lord's day,866238.
Swearing,867247 sq.
Symbolical nature of the Old Testament,868167 sq.
Symbolic precepts of the Old Testament,869167,870168.
Symbols, three moral, devised by the Manichæans,87174 etc.,87283 etc.,87386 etc.; material, visible speech,874244.
Tables of stone, the,875213,876214.
Tamar and Judah,877295 sq.; a type,878306 sq.
Teacher, the Great,879147.
Temperance, the duties of,88051.
Thecla, Paul and,881329.
Theodicy of Augustin incomplete,882282.
Theology of the Manichæans,88310.
"Thieves and Robbers," all who came before me are—who?884223.
Thomas, how taught by Jesus,885234; apocryphal story of,886304.
Tiele's Outlines of the History of Religion, quoted,88717.
Titus of Bostra on the Manichæans, referred to, 4.
Trechsel on the Canon, Criticism, and Exegesis of the Manichæans, referred to, 5.
Trinity, the,88849; absurd views of Faustus respecting,889252,890258; Fortunatus' profession of belief in,891114.
Truth, how to be sought,892130.
Turanian dualism, 6.
Turkestan, the refuge of Mani,89332.
Turpitudes in God imagined by the Manichæans,894362 sq.
Two men, the witness of,895223.
Two territories, Manichæan theory of, refuted,896138.
Type and testimony,897173.
Types, Adam and Eve,898186; Cain and Abel,899186; the ark,900188; the flood,901189; the raven and dove,902190; Noah's drunkenness,903190; Noah's sons,904190; Abraham and Isaac,905191; the angel wrestling with Jacob,906191; Jacob's stone,907191; Jacob's ladder,908192; Joseph,909192; the rod of Moses,910192; the Exodus,911192; in the wilderness,912193; the conquest of Jericho,913193; events during the time of the Judges,914193; events in the time of the Kings,915194; the Church, in captivity, and the return from captivity,916194,917195; must be acknowledged,918195; sacrifices,919236; other observances besides sacrifices,920242; fulfilled in Christ,921242 etc.; actions and persons,922305; Judah's incest,923305 etc.; Tamar, Er, and Onan,924306 sq.; David's crime,925307; Solomon,926308; various,927335 sq.
Typical actions, it is of no consequence whether they are good or bad,928305.
Unclean and clean food,929170,930172.
Uriah the Hittite,931308.
Vanity of the world, the,93252
Varanes, king of Persia,93332.
Vices, as objects of intellectual apprehension, better than light which is perceived by sense,93497 sq.
Virginity, Pagan and Christian,935262.
Virtue, Augustin's use of the word,93646; gives perfection to the soul,93744; the fourfold division,93848,93954.
Wars, the real evils of,940301 sq.; ordered by God,941301 sq.
Wegnern on Manichæan Indulgences, referred to, 5.
Wilderness, the, typical occurrences in,942193.
Wilson, of Bombay, on the Parsis, referred to,94336.
Williams, Monier, Indian Wisdom, quoted, 5.
Wine, the old and the new,94481; the Manichæan and the Catholic views of,945258.
Wisdom,94650; identified with Christ,94750 etc.
Witness, the, of two men,948223.
Words, on what the value of depends,949306.
Works of God, the,950266.
World, the, to be despised,95151,95252; the vanity of,95352.
World-bearer of the Manichæans,954255.
Youths and maidens sent by God to entice the female and male princes of darkness—immoral tendency of such fables,955254,956362 sq.
Zacagni's Collectanea, referred to,95734.
Zend-Avesta, quoted,95818.
Zilpah and Bilhah,959293.
Zittwitz on the Acta Disputationis, referred to, 4.
Zodiac, connection of the Manichæan worship with,96014.
Zoroastrianism, relation of to Manichæism,96116 sq.
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[It is unnecessary to point out in detail the vicious elements in Augustin's allegorizing and typologizing. It should be said that his exegetical fancies were not original, but were derived from Philo, Origen, and their followers.—A.H.N.]
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[On the Sibylline books, see article by G. H. Schodde in the Schaff-Hertzog Encyclopædia of Religious Knowledge, and the works there referred to. The Christian writers of the first three centuries seem not to have suspected the real character of these pseudo-prophetical writings, and to have regarded them as remarkable testimonies from the heathen world to the Truth of the Christian religion.—A.H.N.]
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["The Mercurius or Hermes Trismegistus of legend was a personage, an Egyptian sage or succession of sages, who, since the time of Plato, has been identified with the Thoth (the name of the month September), of that people.... He was considered to be the impersonation of the religion, art, learning and sacerdotal discipline of the Egyptian priesthood. He was by several of the Fathers, and, in modern times, by three of his earliest editors, supposed to have existed before the time of Moses, and to have obtained the appellation of Thrice greatest', from his threefold learning and rank of Philosopher, Priest and King, and that of Hermes,' or Mercurius, as messenger and authoritative interpreter of divine things." The author of the books that go under the name of Hermes Trismegistus is thought to have lived about the beginning of the second century, and was a Christian Neo-Platonist. See J. C. Chambers: The Theological and Philosophical Works of Hermes Trismegistus, translated from the original Greek, with Preface, Notes and Index, Edinburh, 1882.—A.H.N.]
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[In scarcely any other Manichæan record do we find the Manichæan hostility to Judaism expressed with so much ardor and with so much precision as in the blasphemous statements of Faustus in this treatise.—A.H.N.]
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[The Manichæan doctrine of the Jesus patabilis is more fully expounded in this book than elsewhere. Of course, this is only a way of expressing the familiar Manichæan notion that the divine life which is imprisoned in the world and which is trying to escape through the growth of plants, etc., suffers from any sort of injury done to plants. Compare Baur: Das Manichäische Religionssystem, pp. 72-77.—A.H.N.]
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I, Volume 4, ed. Philip Schaff (1886–89). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.