Manicheism
71Bollaín, Icíar — (1967 ) Iciar Bollaín debuted in film as the inquisitive young protagonist of Víctor Erice s El sur (South, 1983), and has occasionally continued to appear in films, most notably in Chus Gutierrez s Sublet (1991), Ken Loach s Land and Freedom… …
72Gnosticism — Areligious doctrine that combined elements of Christianity and Platonist Greek philosophy. These beliefs were later deemed heretical by the orthodox Christian church, and gnostic texts were proscribed. The discovery of gnostic texts in Egypt… …
73Ismantal-Kharb — Ancient Kellis. A Roman town in the Dakhla Oasis that flourished from the 1st to the 4th centuries AD. The main temple of the site was dedicated to the local god Tutu. The area has been excavated by a joint Canadian and Australian team since… …
74Nag Hammadi Codices — Thirteen codices written in Copticduring the 4th century AD discovered by a peasant in 1945 near the modern city of Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt. After being sold separately, they have all been reunited in the Coptic Museum in Cairo and fully… …
75Bollaín, Icíar — (1967 ) Iciar Bollaín debuted in film as the inquisitive young protagonist of Víctor Erice s El sur (South, 1983), and has occasionally continued to appear in films, most notably in Chus Gutierrez s Sublet (1991), Ken Loach s Land and Freedom… …
76MANICHÉISME — Doctrine et mouvement religieux dont l’origine remonte au IIIe siècle de notre ère, le manichéisme a été longtemps considéré et traité comme une «hérésie» ou une secte chrétienne. En réalité, il est, au sens plein du terme, une religion: une… …
77Satan — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. Mephistopheles, Lucifer, Beelzebub; see devil 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. the Devil, Lucifer, Prince of Darkness, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, fiend, demon, Lord of the …
78Manichaeism — [ˌmanɪ ki:ɪz(ə)m] (also Manicheism) noun a dualistic religious system with Christian, Gnostic, and pagan elements, founded in Persia in the 3rd century by Manes (c.216–c.276) and based on a supposed primeval conflict between light and darkness.… …
79dualism — n. 1. Parseeism, Zoroastrianism, Mazdeism, Manicheism, doctrine of two supreme principles (good and evil). 2. (Met.) Natural realism, doctrine of two primal realities (mind and matter) …
80Archons — In Manicheism the Sons of the Dark who swallowed up the bright elements of Primal Man …
