"His worship was simple, without altar, temple, images, or any imposing ceremonial.

Pure and simple prayer was their only form of adoration." They talked much of "Christ" as a heavenly principle, but "did not believe in his birth or death.

Prayers and Hymns addressed to the source of light, exhortations to subdue the dark and sensuous element within, and the study of the marvellous book of Mani, constituted their devotion.

Their manners were austere and ascetic; they tolerated, but only tolerated, marriage, and that only among the inferior orders.

The theatre, the banquet, and even the bath, they severely proscribed.