Manichaeism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== The World of Light ==== * ''The [[Father of Greatness]]'' (Syriac: {{lang|syr|ܐܒܐ ܕܪܒܘܬܐ}} ''Abbā dəRabbūṯā''; Middle Persian: ''pīd ī wuzurgīh'', or the Zoroastrian deity ''[[Zurvan|Zurwān]]''; Parthian: ''Pidar wuzurgift, Pidar roshn''; {{zh|c=無上明尊|l=Unsurpassed Divinity of Light}} or {{lang|zh|薩緩}} {{lit|Zurvan}}) ** ''His Four Faces'' (Greek: {{lang|el|ὁ τετραπρόσωπος πατήρ τοῦ μεγέθους}}; {{zh|c=四寂法身|l=Four Silent [[Dharmakaya]]s}}){{sfnp|Ma|Wang|2018}} *** ''Divinity'' (Middle Persian: ''[[Yazata|yzd]]''; Parthian: ''bg'''; {{zh|c=清净}}) *** ''Light'' (Middle Persian and Parthian: ''rwšn''; {{zh|c=光明}}) *** ''Power'' (Middle Persian: ''zwr''; Parthian: ''z'wr'''; {{zh|c=大力}}) *** ''Wisdom'' (Middle Persian: ''whyh''; Parthian: ''jyryft''; {{zh|c=智慧}}) ** ''His Five [[Shekhinah|Shekhinas]]'' (Syriac: {{lang|syr|ܚܡܫ ܫܟܝܢܬܗ}} ''khamesh shkhinatei''; Chinese: {{nowrap|{{linktext|五|種|大}} ''wǔ zhǒng dà'',}} {{lit|five great ones}}):<ref>Chart from: E. Waldschmidt and W. Lenz, Die Stellung Jesu im Manichäismus, Berlin, 1926, p 42.</ref>{{sfnp|Ma|Wang|2018}} {| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: 40px;" |- ! scope="col" | Shekhina: ! scope="col" | Reason ! scope="col" | Mind ! scope="col" | Intelligence ! scope="col" | Thought ! scope="col" | Understanding |- |Syriac |<span lang="syr" dir="ltr">{{linktext|ܗܘܢܐ}} ''hawnā''</span> |<span lang="syr">{{linktext|ܡܕܥܐ}} ''madde{{okina}}ā''</span> |<span lang="syr">{{linktext|ܪܥܝܢܐ}} ''reyānā''</span> |<span lang="syr" dir="ltr">{{linktext|ܡܚܫܒܬܐ}} ''maḥšavṯɑ''</span> |<span lang="syr" dir="ltr">{{linktext|ܬܪܥܝܬܐ}} ''tar{{okina}}iṯā''</span> |- |Parthian |''bām'' |''manohmēd'' |''uš'' |''andēšišn'' |''parmānag'' |- |Chinese |{{nowrap|{{linktext|相}} ''xiāng'',}} {{grey|"phase"}} |{{nowrap|{{linktext|心}} ''xīn'',}} {{grey|"heart-mind"}} |{{nowrap|{{linktext|念}} ''niàn'',}} {{grey|"mindfulness"}} |{{nowrap|{{linktext|思}} ''sī'',}} {{grey|"thought"}} |{{nowrap|{{linktext|意}} ''yì'',}} {{grey|"meaning"}} |- |Turkic |qut |ög |köngül |saqinç |tuimaq |- |Greek |νοῦς (Nous) |ἔννοια (Ennoia) |φρόνησις (Phronēsis) |ἐνθύμησις (Enthymēsis) |λογισμός (Logismos) |- |Latin |mens |sensus |prudentia |intellectus |cogitatio |} * ''The Great Spirit'' (Middle Persian: ''Waxsh zindag, Waxsh yozdahr''; Latin: ''Spiritus Potens'') Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page