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Scott Maybell
@haliphron.ink

One terrible misunderstanding that gets taught and re-taught in theology classrooms is the idea that Augustine converted from Manicheaism to Christianity. This is not true. He converted from Manichaean Christianity to Catholic Christianity; the Manichaeans were Christian and self-identified as such.

Scott Maybell
@haliphron.ink

We see *in Augustine's own writings* that Manicheans identified as Christians. Augustine's project was part of a process of boundary policing Manichean Christians from being entitled to this name and contemporary scholars (especially theologians) continuously reinscribe this.

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