Three Seals

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Three Seals is a central Manichaean ethical doctrine prescribing three categories of prohibitions—typically concerning speech, actions, and thoughts—to guide adherents toward spiritual purity and salvation.

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Label Occurrences
Three Seals canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Manichaean ethical doctrine ⓘ
religious ethical code ⓘ
aimsAt salvation ⓘ
spiritual purity ⓘ
appliesTo Manichaean elect ⓘ
Manichaean hearers ⓘ
associatedWith Mani ⓘ
category religious prohibition system ⓘ
concerns actions ⓘ
speech ⓘ
thoughts ⓘ
cosmologicalContext dualism of light and darkness ⓘ
ethicalFunction prescribe prohibitions ⓘ
regulate behavior ⓘ
ethicalScope mental conduct ⓘ
physical conduct ⓘ
verbal conduct ⓘ
functionInCommunity mark identity of the elect ⓘ
structure daily conduct ⓘ
hasPart Seal of the Hands ⓘ
Seal of the Heart ⓘ
Seal of the Mouth ⓘ
historicalPeriod 3rd century ⓘ
influencedBy Buddhist monastic discipline ⓘ
Zoroastrian ethical concepts ⓘ
early Christian ascetic ethics ⓘ
languageVariants Coptic terminology ⓘ
Middle Persian terminology ⓘ
Syriac terminology ⓘ
moralEmphasis inner purity ⓘ
non-violence ⓘ
truthful speech ⓘ
relatedConcept Manichaean Ten Commandments ⓘ
Manichaean asceticism ⓘ
religion Manichaeism ⓘ
religiousGoal liberation of light from matter ⓘ
Seal of the Hands prohibits killing ⓘ
prohibits theft ⓘ
prohibits violence ⓘ
Seal of the Heart prohibits hatred ⓘ
prohibits impure thoughts ⓘ
prohibits lust ⓘ
Seal of the Mouth prohibits blasphemy ⓘ
prohibits false speech ⓘ
prohibits harmful words ⓘ
teleology assist soul’s ascent ⓘ
textualAttestation Manichaean Coptic texts ⓘ
Middle Persian Manichaean texts ⓘ
tradition Manichaean Church ⓘ
linked to: Manichaeism

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Manichaeism → hasConcept → Three Seals ⓘ