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Early manichaean leaders
Mani, the founder of
Manichaeism, had
12 Apostles like Jesus.
These are some of the known apostles.
References
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^ Michel Tardieu. Manichaeism. tran. MB DeBevoise. Urbana 111; University of Illinois Press, c2008.
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^ Lieu, Samuel N.C. Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China: a Historical Survey. Pages 68-69. Manchester University Press, 1985.
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^ Cologne Mani Codex, p. 165.6; see ``Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik V, 1970, p. 111, n. 32
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^ Andreas-Henning, Mir. Man. II, p. 301ff.
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Scripture | |
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Theology | |
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History | |
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Organisation |
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Archegos
- Patriarch
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- Presbyter
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- Hearers
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Notes: † mainly a Tengrist text but recorded in a Manichaean monastery |