Mandaeism
Iraqi baptismal religion
Mandaeism is a monotheistic religion originating in Mesopotamia, centered on John the Baptist rather than Jesus.
Mandaeans regard themselves as followers of the original teachings John received, viewing baptism as their central ritual.
The religion survives today primarily among communities in Iraq and Iran, with diaspora populations worldwide.
Also spelled Mandaeanism.
Ritual water purification ceremony
- purityUncontaminated quality
- ablutionRitualized washing of body
- priesthoodOrdained religious office
- prayersReverent petitions to deity
sacraments · immersion · fasting · handshake
Experiential sacred understanding
- dualismPhilosophy of opposed pairs
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- demiurgeDivine cosmic craftsman
- archonGreek city-state magistrate
aeon · sophia · pneuma · enlightenment · esoteric · salvation · transcendence · darkness
Tigris-Euphrates river region
- BabylonAncient Mesopotamian capital
- TigrisWestern Asian river
- EuphratesMajor Iraqi river
- AramaicAncient Semitic language
antiquity · Sumerian · Akkadian · Parthian · Chaldean · Persian · Zoroastrianism · ancient
Middle Eastern republic
- IranIslamic republic in Asia
- BasraIraqi port city
- marshesWaterlogged land with grasses
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
minority · persecution · refugees · Australia · Sweden · immigration · endangered · community
Proclaimers of sacred truth
- AdamFirst created man
- AbelHebrew name meaning breath
- SethHebrew name, "appointed"
- scriptureSacred religious writings
ethics · eschatology · monotheism · soul · afterlife
baptism
Ritual water purification ceremony
- purityUncontaminated quality
- ablutionRitualized washing of body
- priesthoodOrdained religious office
prayers · sacraments · immersion · fasting · handshake
gnosis
Experiential sacred understanding
- dualismPhilosophy of opposed pairs
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- demiurgeDivine cosmic craftsman
archon · aeon · sophia · pneuma · enlightenment · esoteric · salvation · transcendence · darkness · emanation
Mesopotamia
Tigris-Euphrates river region
Aramaic · antiquity · Sumerian · Akkadian · Parthian · Chaldean · Persian · Zoroastrianism · ancient · Jordan
Iraq
Middle Eastern republic
diaspora · minority · persecution · refugees · Australia · Sweden · immigration · endangered · community · preservation
prophets
Proclaimers of sacred truth
scripture · ethics · eschatology · monotheism · soul · afterlife
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- Near Eastern ReligionsJudaism, Christianity, Islam, Zoroastrianism, Druze
- Religious DualismGnosticism, Zoroastrianism, good and evil, light and darkness, Bogomilism
- Abrahamic faithsJudaism, Christianity, Islam, Abraham, God
MandaeismChristianity
Faith based on Jesus
Islam · Catholicism · Abrahamic faiths · Sunni Islam · Roman Catholicism