Third Messenger
deity Manichaeism single tradition · 1
The Third Messenger is the first member of the third evocation. He is the third messenger summoned by the supreme deity of Manichaeism to save the world. The Third Messenger's act of salvation made the demons anxious and fearful of losing control of the light element, so they created Adam and Eve, the original human ancestors, and imprisoned the light in the human body as a soul.
When
- First attested
- 200 CE
- Attested period
- 200 – 1500
- Historical notes
- Manichaeism flourished from the 3rd to 15th centuries.
Relationships
- parent of
- Jesus the Luminous
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Jesus the Luminous is one of the redeeming deities of the "third evocation" (a series of deities evoked by the Father of Greatness for the purpose of salvation) and is regarded as an emanation of the Third Messenger, the first member of the third evocation”
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