According to one text, this religion's founder was originally named Corbicius and became a magicianafter inheriting the four books of Scythianus;
According to one text, this religion's founder was originally named Corbicius and became a magicianafter inheriting the four books of Scythianus; that text was the Acta Achelai. Another text about this religion's founder describes how he was introduced to the Elkhasaite baptist sect; that is the "Cologne Codex." While standing in his garden, a man who heard a child's voice say (*) "take up and read" abandoned this religion for Christianity, as recounted in his Confessions. Vegetarianism and abstinence were not commandments for this religion's "hearers," but they were for its elite "elects." It was founded a namesake "Apostle of Light" born during the third century in Persia. For 10 points, name this Gnostic religion once followed by Saint Augustine, which emphasized the struggle between light and darkness.
According to one text, this religion's founder was originally named Corbicius and became a magicianafter inheriting the four books of Scythianus;
Manichaeism  [accept word forms like  Manichaean] 