Question

Manichaeanism.. .

Answer 1

What are their beliefs?

Answer 2

Basically they believe that they would achieve salvation through knowledge and not good deeds.

Answer 3

Where did you get this information from?

Answer 4

From myself? from the things I've learned in school? Why are you asking that?

Answer 5

Because I cant just take your word for it. I need websites. This is one question out of 5 that I have to answer in a paragraph.

Answer 6

look it up on google

Answer 7

I have been all day.

Answer 8

Okay! Good luck! Google would be your friend.

Answer 9

1.a dualistic religious system with Christian, Gnostic, and pagan elements, founded in Persia in the 3rd century by Manes (c. 216–c. 276). The system was based on a supposed primeval conflict between light and darkness. It spread widely in the Roman Empire and in Asia, and survived in eastern Turkestan (Xinjiang) until the 13th century.

Answer 10

And one of my sources has to be from Scripture - the Book of Acts or any of the The Epistles of Saint Paul .

Answer 11

What did paul say In the story?

Answer 12

In what story? I haven't read the two scriptures above.

Answer 13

Read the scriptures it will help you find the answer

Answer 14

http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/acts-kjv.html

http://paulsepistles.com/

The first one is extremely long. And the second one doesn't really go to anything (These are the links my professor supplied)

Answer 15

wow

Answer 16

Yeah. Was kind of hoping someone knew of a summary or analysis I could read instead.

Answer 17

what kind of school do you go to?

Answer 18

I'm in college. I take courses online.

Answer 19

Its a normal community college.

Answer 20

ohh

Answer 21

well skim threw the story thing

Answer 22

I just got to act 14 and honestly over half of what I read I don't understand..

Answer 23

ok I will try and skim over it to help you

Answer 24

I finished it yesterday evening. Thanks though.

Answer 25

oh ok I hope you did good on it haha