Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West

Proceedings of the Fribourg-Utrecht International Symposium of the IAMS
Hardback
337 pages
Publisher: Brill
ISBN / EAN: 9004114238

Manichaeism, once a gnostic world religion, soon spread to the Roman West. This book argues that the life and the work of the future Church Father, Augustine (354-430), became inextricably connected with Manichaean teachings and practices.