Alexander of Lycopolis, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Of the Manichaeans… (1885)
“ And when it has done this, it waits again to receive from another full moon a migration of the soul to itself, and receiving this in the same way, it suffers it to pass on to God. And this is its work continually, and in every age. And in the sun some such image is seen, as is the form of man. ”
Alexander of Lycopolis, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Of the Manichaeans… (1885)
“ And matter ambitiously strove to make man from itself by mingling together all its virtue, so that it might have some portion of soul. But his form contributed much to man’s obtaining a greater share, and one beyond all other animals, in the divine virtue. For he is the image of the divine virtue, but Christ is the intelligence. ”
Alexander of Lycopolis, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Of the Manichaeans… (1885)
“ For the moon in its increase receives the virtue which is separated from matter, and during the time of its augmentation comes forth full of it. But when it is full, in its wanings, it remits it to the sun, and the sun goes back to God. ”
