On the Morals of the Manichæans
by Augustine
A companion piece examining Manichaean practice against the standards it set for itself.
1. The Supreme Good is that Which is Possessed of Supreme Existence.2. What Evil is. That Evil is that Which is Against Nature. In Allowing This, the Manichæans Refute Themselves.3. If Evil is Defined as that Which is Hurtful, This Implies Another Refutation of the Manichæans.4. The Difference Between What is Good in Itself and What is Good by Participation.5. If Evil is Defined to Be Corruption, This Completely Refutes the Manichæan Heresy.6. What Corruption Affects and What It is.7. The Goodness of God Prevents Corruption from Bringing Anything to Non-Existence. The Difference Between Creating and Forming.8. Evil is Not a Substance, But a Disagreement Hostile to Substance.9. The Manichæan Fictions About Things Good and Evil are Not Consistent with Themselves.10. Three Moral Symbols Devised by the Manichæans for No Good.11. The Value of the Symbol of the Mouth Among the Manichæans, Who are Found Guilty of Blaspheming God.12. Manichæan Subterfuge.13. Actions to Be Judged of from Their Motive, Not from Externals. Manichæan Abstinence to Be Tried by This Principle.14. Three Good Reasons for Abstaining from Certain Kinds of Food.15. Why the Manichæans Prohibit the Use of Flesh.16. Disclosure of the Monstrous Tenets of the Manichæans.17. Description of the Symbol of the Hands Among the Manichæans.18. Of the Symbol of the Breast, and of the Shameful Mysteries of the Manichæans.19. Crimes of the Manichæans.20. Disgraceful Conduct Discovered at Rome.