Apostles (Manichaeism)

Mani, the founder of Manichaeism, had 12 Apostles like Jesus.

These are some of the known apostles.

• Mar Ammo, Apostle to the Sogdians
• Mar Sisin, the first Manichaean Pope^[1]
• possibly Mar Zaku, who may alternatively have been in the second generation^[2]
• Mar Adda,^[3] who preached in the Roman Empire^[4]

References

1. Michel Tardieu. Manichaeism. tran. MB DeBevoise. Urbana 111; University of Illinois Press, c2008.
2. Lieu, Samuel N.C. Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China: a Historical Survey. Pages 68-69. Manchester University Press, 1985.
3. Cologne Mani Codex, p. 165.6; see ``Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik V, 1970, p. 111, n. 32
4. Andreas-Henning, Mir. Man. II, p. 301ff.

• Asmussen, Jes Peter (1985), "Mār Ammō", Encyclopedia Iranica, vol. I, Costa Mesa: Mazda Press.