Name of a Persian, who, having fled from the kingdom of the Persians in the reign of Constantine the Great,[1] threw into confusion the doctrines of the Christians.
It is declined Manentos.[2]
See also
mu 147,
kappa 2174 (with bibliography). The founder of the Manichaean religion lived from 216 to 276 CE, and his life and doctrine are better understood from recent discoveries.
[1] Impossible. Alexander of Lycopolis says, more plausibly, that he "was" (
γεγονέναι ) in the time of Valerian (253-60;
Tractatus de placitis Manichaeorum 2.11). On this and in general see OCD(3) p.917, under "Manichaeism". See also Catholic Encyclopedia (web address 1).
[2] For the declension of the name as if it were maneis (the aorist passive participle of mainomai, 'to rave, be mad'), see Titus of
Bostra Adversus Manichaeos 1;
Philoxenus Ep. 35 (A. Mai,
Nova Bibliotheca Patrum, v. 8.3, Rome 1871, p. 183); John of Damascus,
Against the Manichaeans 1.67;
Eusebius,
Eccl. Hist. 7.31.1ff.
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