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On the Morals of the Manichæans.

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Title Page.

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Argument.

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The Supreme Good is that Which is Possessed of Supreme Existence.

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What Evil is.  That Evil is that Which is Against Nature.  In Allowing This, the Manichæans Refute Themselves.

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If Evil is Defined as that Which is Hurtful, This Implies Another Refutation of the Manichæans.

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The Difference Between What is Good in Itself and What is Good by Participation.

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If Evil is Defined to Be Corruption, This Completely Refutes the Manichæan Heresy.

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What Corruption Affects and What It is.

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The Goodness of God Prevents Corruption from Bringing Anything to Non-Existence.  The Difference Between Creating and Forming.

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Evil is Not a Substance, But a Disagreement Hostile to Substance.

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The Manichæan Fictions About Things Good and Evil are Not Consistent with Themselves.

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Three Moral Symbols Devised by the Manichæans for No Good.

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The Value of the Symbol of the Mouth Among the Manichæans, Who are Found Guilty of Blaspheming God.

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Manichæan Subterfuge.

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Actions to Be Judged of from Their Motive, Not from Externals.  Manichæan Abstinence to Be Tried by This Principle.

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Three Good Reasons for Abstaining from Certain Kinds of Food.

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Why the Manichæans Prohibit the Use of Flesh.

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Disclosure of the Monstrous Tenets of the Manichæans.

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Description of the Symbol of the Hands Among the Manichæans.

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Of the Symbol of the Breast, and of the Shameful Mysteries of the Manichæans.

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Crimes of the Manichæans.

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Disgraceful Conduct Discovered at Rome.

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