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The Babylonian prophet Mani founded the religion known as Manichaeanism in the 3rd century AD. Scholars believe that Manichaeanism was a form of Gnosticism, a system of belief based on the importance of grasping religious mysteries with the mind. In Manichaeanism, as in all types of Gnosticism, salvation was achieved through knowledge rather than through good works…

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