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~ "The Sabuhragan"
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Sabuhragan - Manichaean Text by Mar Mani A summary of the teachings which Mani wrote for the King Shapur I. (This book is often listed in the place usually occupied by the Book of Giants by some ancient authors) "Shapurakan", I.e. "Princely", because it was dedicated to Peroz, the brother of Sapor I (written in Syrian). It was a kind of Manichæan eschatology, dealing in three chapters with the dissolution of Hearers, Elect, and Sinners. It was written about A.D. 242. The Canon catalogs among the Chinese and Coptic Manichees leave out this Shapur Book. 9 Full sheets of various copies of this work have survived. Al-Nadim, in his Fihrist, tells us that the Al-Shabuqan contained the following sections: Mani’s text Sabuhragan, discusses the realm of light, which is a place of healing for the Elements of light, the dwelling place of the pure, bright, strong angels. (Klimkeit, p. 21). In the Hymn to the Father of Lights, His Sons sing, "Holy, Holy, Holy to the worlds of light that are appointed as jewels by your greatness." "His own Sons, like twelve bright forms (cihrag) of the Father of Light. Many gods, deities and jewels have been created, called forth and set up as attendants of the Lord of Paradise." "Those worlds…(and) messengers (frestagan) that have come into being from Him, all with souls in one accord being [praise] to that bright form (didan) and wonderful epiphany (padgirb)." (Klimkeit, pp. 30f). |
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