Editing Devil (section)

== Manichaeism ==
{{Main|Prince of Darkness (Manichaeism)}}
In [[Manichaeism]], God and the devil are two unrelated principles. God created ''good'' and inhabits the realm of light, while the devil (also called the ''prince of darkness''<ref name="Mani2" /><ref name="Mani3" />) created evil and inhabits the kingdom of darkness. The contemporary world came into existence, when the kingdom of darkness assaulted the kingdom of light and mingled with the spiritual world.<ref>Willis Barnstone, Marvin Meyer ''The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition'' Shambhala Publications 2009 {{ISBN|978-0-834-82414-0}} p. 596</ref> At the end, the devil and his followers will be sealed forever and the kingdom of light and the kingdom of darkness will continue to co-exist eternally, never to commingle again.<ref>Willis Barnstone, Marvin Meyer ''The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition'' Shambhala Publications 2009 {{ISBN|978-0-834-82414-0}} p. 598</ref>

[[Hegemonius]] (4th century CE) accuses that the Persian prophet [[Mani (prophet)|Mani]], founder of the Manichaean sect in the 3rd century CE, identified Jehovah as "the devil god which created the world"<ref name="Mani1">[http://www.themystica.org/mystica/articles/m/manichaenism.html ''Manichaeism''] by Alan G. Hefner in ''The Mystica'', undated</ref> and said that "he who spoke with Moses, the Jews, and the priests … is the [Prince] of Darkness, … not the god of truth."<ref name="Mani2">''Acta Archelai'' of Hegemonius, Chapter XII, c. AD 350, quoted in [http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Eiranian/Manicheism/Manicheism_II_Texts.pdf ''Translated Texts''] of Manicheism, compiled by Prods Oktor Skjærvø, p. 68.</ref><ref name="Mani3">History of the ''Acta Archelai'' explained in the [http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Eiranian/Manicheism/Manicheism_I_Intro.pdf ''Introduction''], p. 11</ref>