Faustus's Understanding of Manichaeism : An Aspect of Manichaeism in Augustine's Time

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  • ファウストゥスのマニ教理解について : アウグスティヌス時代のマニ教の一側面
  • ファウストゥス ノ マニキョウ リカイ ニ ツイテ アウグスティヌス ジダイ ノ マニキョウ ノ イチ ソクメン

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This article treats the thought of Faustus who was a Manichaean teacher in Roman Africa during the 4th-5th centuries. In Augustine's time, Manichaeism was a very popular religion in Roman Africa. However, this popularity rapidly decreased after the 5th century. Sunaga Umeo had regarded Manichaean eclecticism as the cause of this decline, and claimed that an excessive Christianization deprived Manichaeism it's originality as an organization. Based on this point of view, we discuss the marks of this excessive Christianization which can be found in Faustus's thought, especially in his theory of veritatis secta. At first, we give an outline of Faustus's thought and clarify some features of his understanding of law, which is at the basis of his thought. Secondly, we deal with his theory about veritatis secta and erroris secta which derives from his own interpretation of law. Finally, based on the two above-mentioned discussions, we shall examine Faustus's view about Manichaeism. From all this investigation, we will show that Faustus's theory on sects, by strengthening the continuity between Christianity and the Manichaeism, reduced the role and the importance of Mani, the founder of Manichaeism.

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