Manichaeism before the Manichaeans, and its Revival in Christianity

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...call The text begins with "lant," the conclusion of the Latin word "appellant" (they call) from the previous page., and how deservedly they decide to claim this name for themselves above others, as stated by NEHEMIAH GREW Nehemiah Grew (1641–1712) was an English plant anatomist and physician; his Cosmologia Sacra (1701) sought to demonstrate the design of God in the universe. in Cosmology, Book II, chapter 6; JEAN LE CLERC Jean Le Clerc (1657–1736) was a Genevan theologian and scholar known for his "Bibliothèques" (scholarly journals)., Volume III of the Library of Choice Literature, page 288 and following; DU HAMEL Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel (1624–1706) was a French scientist and philosopher who attempted to reconcile ancient and modern philosophy. in On the Agreement of the Old and New Philosophy, Book I, chapter 1, sections 5 and 6; and indeed even in part by GASSENDI Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655) was a French philosopher and priest who revived Epicurean atomism within a Christian framework. in Volume I of his Physical Works, Book IV, page 288. Yet I would not deny that most of them, if not all, who fostered the erroneous opinion about two contrary principles, also held both of those principles as material agents, since they thought that the essence of both contained and completed all things in the universe. This is especially manifest regarding those who thought that matter gave rise to evil. Both principles are called "Independent" by some, following the opinion of the ancients, although this way of speaking should not be adopted without caution. For some of the ancients measured out an equal degree of time, dignity, and power to both, and moreover attributed divine honors to them; others, however, subjected the evil principle to the command of the Good, yet in such a way that they contended with every assertion that its existence was necessary and did not depend on the Good. These followed that principle either with nearly equal worship, or with none at all. PLUTARCH Plutarch (c. 46–119 AD) was a Greek philosopher and biographer. wrote to this effect in On Isis and Osiris, page 371: "For," he says, "the generation and composition of this world is mixed from contraries—not indeed from powers of equal strength, but the better [power] has the might—" original: "μεμιγμένη γὰρ... ἡ τῶδε τῶ κόσμω γένεσις, καὶ σύστασις ἐξ ἐναντίων, οὐ μὴν ἰσοσθενῶν δυνάμεων, ἀλλὰ τῆς βελτίονος τὸ κρά-" (memigmenē gar... hē tōde tō kosmō genesis, kai systasis ex enantiōn, ou mēn isosthenōn dynamōn, alla tēs beltionos to kra-). The sentence is interrupted by the page break.