1·Among them were sects that had long withered in the West - such as Manichaeism, considered heretical by Christendom.
甚至很多在西方已经销声匿迹的教派都在这里复兴,比如被基督教国家认作异教的摩尼教。
2·The Teaching of Manichaeism and Other narratives.
摩尼教及其它故事的讲述。
3·Do you know Manichaeism?
你知道摩尼教吗?
4·The essence of Manichaeism was the principle of absolute Dualism: the primal conflict between God, represented by light and spirit, and Satan, represented by darkness and the material world.
摩尼教的本质是绝对的二元论法则:神和撒旦最初的斗争,表现为光明与精神世界和黑暗与物质世界。
5·The main features of Manichaeism were enunciated in an elaborate cosmogonical myth of two absolute and eternal principles which manifest themselves in three eras or "moments."
摩尼教的主要特征在一本精心制作的天体演化神话中有所阐述,两种绝对和没完没了的法则出现于三个纪元或者“片刻”上。