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On the Morals of the Manichaeans

Blessed Augustine, NPNF I.4

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2. The Supreme Good is that Which is Possessed of Supreme Existence
3. What Evil is. That Evil is that Which is Against Nature. In Allowing This, the…
4. If Evil is Defined as that Which is Hurtful, This Implies Another Refutation of the…
5. The Difference Between What is Good in Itself and What is Good by Participation
6. If Evil is Defined to Be Corruption, This Completely Refutes the Manichaean Heresy
7. 6. What Corruption Affects and What It is
8. The Goodness of God Prevents Corruption from Bringing Anything to Non-Existence. The…
9. Evil is Not a Substance, But a Disagreement Hostile to Substance
10. The Manichaean Fictions About Things Good and Evil are Not Consistent with Themselves
11. 10. Three Moral Symbols Devised by the Manichaeans for No Good
12. The Value of the Symbol of the Mouth Among the Manichaeans, Who are Found Guilty of…
13. 12. Manichaean Subterfuge
14. Actions to Be Judged of from Their Motive, Not from Externals. Manichaean Abstinence to…
15. Three Good Reasons for Abstaining from Certain Kinds of Food
16. 15. Why the Manichaeans Prohibit the Use of Flesh
17. 16. Disclosure of the Monstrous Tenets of the Manichaeans
18. Description of the Symbol of the Hands Among the Manichaeans
19. Of the Symbol of the Breast, and of the Shameful Mysteries of the Manichaeans
20. 19. Crimes of the Manichaeans
21. 20. Disgraceful Conduct Discovered at Rome