Mani wrote his own gospel. He performed miracles. And he claimed to be the true prophet - the final prophet!
He told the Sasanian Emperor that his religion is better than all the other religions. Mani eventually, and perhaps predictably, ran into conflict with powerful Zoroastrian priests. His religion was persecuted in the Sasanian Iranian Empire and also in the Byzantine Roman Empire. Despite this, Manichaeism survived and spread from borders of China to Alexandria.
🚩About My Guest:
My guest isDr. Nicholas Baker-Brian, a professor at the Dept. of Ancient History and Religion in Cardiff University, U.K.
His research interests include early Christianity, Greek and Latin Patristics, the Constantinian Dynasty, the Writings of Julian the Apostate, and Manichaeism (and 'Gnosticism').
You can also watch our podcasts:
📽️YouTube.com/@HistoryBehindNews
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I hope you enjoy these episodes. Adel Aali
🎶Music attributions:
1. Opening and closing music of the program:
Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011.
Music available on athttps://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/
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This music has been cut in shorter pieces and its volume has been adjusted in different portions of our program.
2. Background music to guest introduction:
The Desert | The Grand Score
The Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) |https://creatorchords.com
Music promoted byhttps://www.free-stock-music.com
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3. Background music to promoting History Behind News episodes:
The Success by Keys of Moon |https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon. Musicpromoted byhttps://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0):https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified.