Getting your lights on for Chrissy
His "Elect" ensures Mani's teachings are hierarchical. This hierarchy would have been reflected in liturgical roles and responsibilities, with different levels of initiation and participation in rituals within the Church. This is a matter mostly contesting the Church (catholic) in the East with that in the West (Vatican) though the premise for Mani’s authority as founder is denied altogether. Indeed the modern schism has been entirely inundated by celebrants of the faith that few even distinguish the different Church’s and governance from their messiah Jesus Christ. China has succeeded to break tradition in attaining authority over election of Bishops known as the Chinese Rite controversy, which has shifted the central authority of the Vatican. This has divided the ‘official’ church recognized by the Chinese government and the new ‘underground’ church loyal to the Vatican. Whilst many Chinese Catholics participate in both official and unofficial church activities.
We consider the appropriation of the first syncretistic religion worshiping Jesus the messiah with the new Catholic syncretism with the ability to govern this Church here contrary to the apostle who was likewise similarly executed as Jesus himself. Any confusion on emphasizing authority realistically stymies the desired revelation and enlightenment achieved in congregation ‘of saints’ and/or among those dedicated to the rites of light over dark. Indeed where the ability to ‘be evil’ is next to nought when discussing a brilliant and enlightened individual with whom you are partisan, and who is targeted and executed deliberately by malicious actors, all to disrupt the communities integrity. The revelation of sacred knowledge with hope in truth assuages authority herein offering remedial advances as salvation (from the disasters of colonial authority usually, but any antagoniser’s i.e. gang’s, anarchists). This means those receiving this ‘word of God’ must act to sanctify his hopes and ascend in submission to his, the last Church. This means necessary frequent recitation of his visions as sermon in regular worship of the grand hope. Ascension in this hope onto the "path to the height" is the Manichean way, applying eschatological ritual and prayer to justify the collective ultimate salvation as the very return of light to its source. The fact that commonly today Jesus is celebrated as a sole child of God, is the Catholic Church's adaptation to Mani’s gospel, in further attempts to stymie resistance amongst waring factions and consolidate the central authority which China has advocated to be only acceptably inferior in magnitude to the authority of their internally elected governments. Its a radical schism such that rather than those intent on manifesting salvation in faith having the inter-sociable authority to act on deliverance of rituals and sermons, rather that they must also be allowed to do so, as the events essentially designed to induce enlightenment, and must be approved and probably monitored for cataloguing independent values of words in achievement of enlightenment. Triggers are after all the quintessential in control in the modern setting, and why wouldn’t the government take over the means and capacity for enlightening their citizens?
Running the Church is just like any good database, and your slot in submission is more about the inaction of God’s word’s as transactional value. So when someone pops the big-win, and enlightening in front of everyone, their song is more righteous, they are radiant, and so intelligent too. They are now the model of your salvation and would better sell you Coco Pops when you’re at the shop than the cardboard cutout. The model method of enlightenment ‘in the now’ so proven, should be reapplied into the personality of your robotic husband or wife in fact. Which can spontaneously adapt according to the highs and lows of your local 2-minute messiah during the Silent Night chorus at the special Christmas festival. Not to leave this article in sarcasm on such a negative note of course, but the malevolent God strategy posited by the biblical authors does well to supplement the runaways of an ever seductive all-authoritative religious order. So well through and through actually that the medieval era has gone underground on only the appearance of modernity.
Mani stated:
I gave glory to the greatest King of Honor[1]. Silently, doors opened and clouds parted[2]. A glorious throne room descended from the highest height[3], with a mighty angel standing by, crowned with May flowers[4]. They brought me into an incredibly rich world, more splendid than any luminaries I had seen[5]. I disclosed this truth to my fellow travellers[6], announced peace to the children of peace[7], and proclaimed hope to the immortal race[8]. I chose the Elect[9] and showed the path to those who ascend according to this truth[10]. These revelations I have shown to those who live from the truest vision I beheld[11].
In modern scripture these themes are central to said books (according to Claude 3.5):
[1] Cf. Revelation 19:16 [2] Cf. Ezekiel 1:1; Matthew 3:16 [3] Cf. Isaiah 6:1; Revelation 4:2 [4] Cf. Revelation 14:14 [5] Cf. 2 Corinthians 12:2-4 [6] Cf. Matthew 28:19-20 [7] Cf. John 14:27 [8] Cf. 1 Peter 1:3-4 [9] Cf. Matthew 22:14 [10] Cf. John 14:6 [11] Cf. 2 Corinthians 4:6
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