In Manichaeism, Jesus (Romanization of Parthian and Pahlavi: Yyšw '[Yišō])[1] is considered one of the four prophets of the faith, along with Zoroaster, Gautama Buddha and Mani.

The cosmopolitan and multi-ethnic environment of late ancient Mesopotamia allowed the well-educated Mani to consider the teachings of other prophets in relation to his own.

[6] Various sources confirm that themes of Christian origin, especially the figure of Jesus, continue to be significant throughout Manichean history.

This wealth of Jesus themes, especially in the western part of the Manichaean world, led to a Christian reading of Manichaeism that dominated early studies of this religion.

By using such epithets, the Fathers of the early church expressed their conviction that Jesus had fulfilled the hope of an eschatological redeemer.

The Church Fathers used the combination of the two, Iēsoûs Christos, indicating that Christianity fully affirms that Jesus is the Messiah, i.e. the saviour promised to the Jews in the Bible.

[10] He brings knowledge about the secrets of the past, the present and prophecy of the future on one hand, and the ability to differentiate between good and evil towards humanity, on the other.

[9] Accordingly, it is also Jesus who frees Adam and advises him to eat from the Tree of knowledge to escape the prison of the Prince of Darkness.

[12] This aspect of Jesus is the saviour who redeems the light imprisoned in man; the redemptive Intelligence, the Great Nous, is the emanation of him.

The Light was able to convey to Adam the spiritual knowledge of salvation in order to awaken the sunken souls of humans.

But Adam was tempted by Eve to give birth to Cain, Abel and Seth, resulting in the failure of salvation.

As mankind continues to reproduce, the soul is subjected to the flesh, and the light element cannot escape from the confinement of the Prince of Darkness.

This mystica cruxificio was present not only in every tree, herb, fruit, and vegetable, but even in the stones and the soil of the Earth, as described in the Coptic Manichaean psalms.

[15] In the Kephalaia, Jesus is an emanation of the Father of Greatness and apparently identical with the Third Envoy and the living word, brought forth to restore the damage done by the rebellion of the Archons.

Send down the great Dharma medicine for speedy healing, and silence the divine incantation to drive away the spirits.