Relationships

2,079 typed, source-backed relationships between entities. Each row records a directed relationship (subject → type → object) with a justifying source and rationale note. See relationship_types for the full controlled vocabulary of 70 relationship types. Key types: reception_of / received_as (transmission across traditions), equated_with (interpretatio graeca / analogues), parent_of (genealogy), member_of (collective membership), emanates_from (Gnostic/Neoplatonic structure).

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subject_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity initiating or holding the relationship'}
relationship_type
{'description': 'Typed relationship from the controlled vocabulary (see relationship_types table)'}
object_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity receiving or targeted by the relationship'}
confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low / speculative'}
rationale
{'description': 'Scholarly justification for the relationship, with source citations'}
source_id
{'description': 'Primary source justifying this relationship'}
period_id
{'description': 'Historical period in which this relationship is attested (null = all periods)'}

4 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_MANICH_JESUS_SPLENDOUR"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
6459 Light Mind ENT_MANICH_LIGHT_MIND emanates_from Jesus Splendour ENT_MANICH_JESUS_SPLENDOUR medium The Light Mind (the Great Nous) proceeds from Jesus the Splendour to organize the Church and indwell the elect. Kephalaia ch. 38 ('On the Light Mind'). Samuel N. C. Lieu, Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China SRC_LIEU_MANICHAEISM reviewed  
6465 Mani ENT_MANICH_MANI reception_of Jesus Splendour ENT_MANICH_JESUS_SPLENDOUR medium Mani received his revelation through his heavenly Twin, identified with the syzygos sent by Jesus the Splendour / the Paraclete; Mani's apostolate continues the saving revelation. Cologne Mani Codex. The Cologne Mani Codex (CMC), Greek, on the life and revelations of Mani, c. 5th c. CE SRC_CMC reviewed  
6466 The Twin ENT_MANICH_TWIN revealed_by Jesus Splendour ENT_MANICH_JESUS_SPLENDOUR medium The Twin (Syzygos / al-Tawm), Mani's divine counterpart who delivers the revelation, is associated with the saving emanation of Jesus the Splendour / the Light Mind. Cologne Mani Codex. The Cologne Mani Codex (CMC), Greek, on the life and revelations of Mani, c. 5th c. CE SRC_CMC reviewed  
6472 Jesus patibilis ENT_MANICH_JESUS_PATIBILIS aligned_with Jesus Splendour ENT_MANICH_JESUS_SPLENDOUR medium Jesus patibilis (suffering, immanent Light) and Jesus the Splendour (transcendent revealer) are two aspects of the multiple Manichaean Jesus-figure; aligned as facets of the same name. Lieu. Manichaean Psalm Book SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK reviewed  

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CREATE TABLE "entity_relationships" (
   [relationship_id] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
   [subject_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [relationship_type] TEXT REFERENCES [relationship_types]([relationship_type]),
   [object_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [review_status] TEXT,
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_period_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_source_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_object_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([object_entity_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_relationship_type]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([relationship_type]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_subject_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([subject_entity_id]);