Augustine's Break From Manichaeism III. 6-10
{"Image DocumentName": "Augustine\u2019s Break From Manichaeism III. 6-10", "Image ImageDescription": "Error in picturing God: Manichee doctrines depended heavily on visualization of the concepts of God and evil, and this dependence greatly delayed Augustine from coming to know God without imagining Him. Manichees did not believe God to be omnipotent, claimed that He struggled against the opposing substance of evil, and that the human soul was of the same substance as God. Bad meeting with Faustus: Upon meeting a highly respected Manichee Elect, Augustine is disappointed by his excessive talking and failure to answer Augustine\u2019s challenges to the Manichee cosmology. This meeting pushes Augustine further away from Manichee beliefs. Perspective in the Confessions: Christian polemic\u2014presenting the beliefs and doctrines as he argues against them. Rational philosophy and astronomy persuaded him that the colorful Manichee cosmology is false and lead him to Neoplatonism.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}