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The fragment is introduced by Cyril in the following terms: -- He, i.e., Manes, fled from prison and came into Mesopotamia; but there he was met by that buckler of righteousness, [2156] Bishop Archelaus. And in order to bring him to the test in the presence of philosophical judges, this person convened an assembly of Grecian auditors, so as to preclude the possibility of its being alleged that the judges were partial, as might have been the case had they been Christians. Then the matter proceeded as we shall now indicate: --

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The Acts Of The Disputation With The Heresiarch Manes

An early Christian text documenting the public debate between Bishop Archelaus and Manes, founder of Manichaeism, defending orthodox Christianity against dualistic heretical teachings about the nature of God and evil.

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