Manichean Writings - Augustine, Saint Aurelius

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Résumé :
Saint Aurelius Augustine is very familiar with Mani's teachings. Augustine was a Manichean for much of his life. Mani was a Middle Eastern religious man arriving about 200 years after Jesus. Mani preached a heterodox philosophy combining various ideas from Near East faiths, Zoroastrianism, and Christianity. Mani wrote that the material world is a dark prison created by an evil god and that human souls are divine and are actually light-beings created by a good God whose kingdom is Heaven. Mani says he is God's prophet and wants to help you. Mani wrote that our souls suffer because of ignorance and materialism and need God's salvation and God's knowledge to return back to Heaven. Mani's religion accounts for Jesus Christ, Yahweh, and Zoroastrianism in very different ways. Mani proposes non-attachment to life on Earth and says that ordinary life is sinful. In his autobiographical Confessions, Augustine details how Roman Manichaeism severely impacted his learning and influenced many decisions along the way as he matured in life. Almost all of Mani's original writings are lost, but ordinary life can still feel like a prison with plenty of sin to go around. You can learn about Manichaeism, and how Augustine corrected it to true Christian teachings, by reading this book. Augustine provides detailed answers to Mani's faith and faith-type questions. The heart of a Saint is in these pages with a passion to save souls. This book has been carefully and lovingly edited by Alan Lewis Silva.

Biographie:
Alan Lewis Silva was born in Ridgecrest, California in 1983. He is a California author of six books: Two Essene Gospels (2023), Early Christianity Unveiled (2022), Keys to the Hebrew Alphabet and Numbers (2021), Claims of Identity (2018), New Century Poems (2017), and Musical Shadows (2016). Alan has published numerous books about individual choice, human rights, spirituality, and Christianity. Alan is the minister of Sdbiblestudy Church Sdbiblestudy.org, an online Bible study church he began in 2016. Before that and today, Alan is a singer-songwriter of original music, having published (words and music) more than 400 lyrically oriented songs (see http://lusitonerecords.com). Alan has published hundreds of educational and creative arts videos on Odysee (https://odysee.com/@californiaauthor:d). His main bookstore landing page is located at https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/alanlewissilva.