It was the state religion of the Uighar kingdom of East Turkistan and its cosmology was expounded upon by Theodore Bar Khoni.
Its first great apostles were said to be Thomas, Addas, and Hermas. It was the state religion of the Uighar kingdom of East Turkistan and its cosmology was expounded upon by Theodore Bar Khoni. The Father with the Four Faces represents the (*) Good Principle, possesses five Tabernacles, and created the Protanthropos to battle the Prince of Darkness. Its adherents are divided into Perfects who seek to free light-substance from matter and the Hearers who maintained and worshiped the Perfects. Preached by the bishop Faustus in book 5 of Augustine's Confessions, for 10 points, what is this dualistic religious movement founded by the Apostle of Light and supreme Illuminator Mani.
Its first great apostles were said to be Thomas, Addas, and Hermas.
{Manichaeism}