%0 Journal Article
%T St Augustine and his knowledge of Manichaeism
%A Dobkowski, Mariusz
%J Studia Religiologica
%V 2013
%R 10.4467/20844077SR.13.005.1226
%N Volume 46, Issue 1
%P 55-63
%K St Augustine, Manichaeism, the substance of the God of Light in Manichaeism, the motif of the “seduction of the archons”
%@ 0137-2432
%D 2013
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-religiologica/article/augustyn-i-jego-wiedza-na-temat-manicheizmu
%X 
	The author examines the scope and sources of St Augustine’s knowledge of Manichaeism. He mostly follows the thesis of J.K. Coyle, that as a Christian and anti-Manichaean polemicist, Augustine obtained additional information about the “Religion of Light”. To illustrate Augustine-the-Manichaean and Augustine-the-polemicist’s knowledge of the religion of Mani, the author includes two lengthy excerpts from his writings: from the 7th book of Confessiones and the treatise De natura boni, which features a quotation from the Manichaean work Treasure. The author provides a special comment on this extract.