Ming Cult - Connection To Real-life Manichaeism

Connection To Real-life Manichaeism

The names Ming Jiao (明教, i.e. "Religion of Light") and Moni Jiao (摩尼教, i.e. "Religion of Mani") were used in real-life Song China to describe Chinese adherents of Manichaeism.

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