Apostles (Manichaeism)
Mani, the founder of Manichaeism, had 12 Apostles like Jesus.
These are some of the known apostles.
- Mar Ammo, Apostle to the Sogdians
- Mar Sisin, the first Manichaean Pope[1]
- possibly Mar Zaku, who may alternatively have been in the second generation[2]
- Mar Adda,[3] who preached in the Roman Empire[4]
References
- ^ Michel Tardieu. Manichaeism. tran. MB DeBevoise. Urbana 111; University of Illinois Press, c2008.
- ^ Lieu, Samuel N.C. Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China: a Historical Survey. Pages 68-69. Manchester University Press, 1985.
- ^ Cologne Mani Codex, p. 165.6; see ``Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik V, 1970, p. 111, n. 32
- ^ Andreas-Henning, Mir. Man. II, p. 301ff.
- Asmussen, Jes Peter (1985), "Mār Ammō", Encyclopedia Iranica, vol. I, Costa Mesa: Mazda Press.
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