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)'}

5 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_MANICH_MANI"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
2848 The Twin ENT_MANICH_TWIN guides Mani ENT_MANICH_MANI high The heavenly Twin reveals the truth to Mani and guides his mission. The Cologne Mani Codex (CMC), Greek, on the life and revelations of Mani, c. 5th c. CE SRC_CMC reviewed  
7030 Augustine of Hippo ENT_PAT_AUGUSTINE opposes Mani ENT_MANICH_MANI medium Augustine, a former Manichaean auditor, became a leading opponent of Manichaeism, attacking Mani's system in Contra Faustum and other works. Object verified as ENT_MANICH_MANI. Johannes Quasten, Patrology, 4 vols. (Spectrum / Christian Classics, 1950-1986) SRC_QUASTEN_PATROLOGY reviewed  
7067 Ephrem the Syrian ENT_SYR_EPHREM opposes Mani ENT_MANICH_MANI high Ephrem's Prose Refutations and hymns explicitly polemicize against Mani and the Manichaeans (Brock). Sebastian Brock, The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem the Syrian (Cistercian Publications, 1992) SRC_BROCK_LUMINOUS_EYE reviewed  
7138 The Paulicians ENT_HERX_PAULICIANS aligned_with Mani ENT_MANICH_MANI medium Paulician radical dualism was assimilated by Byzantine heresiologists to Manichaean dualism, of which Mani is the founder. Malcolm Lambert, Medieval Heresy: Popular Movements from the Gregorian Reform to the Reformation (3rd ed., Blackwell, 2002) SRC_LAMBERT_MH reviewed  
7139 The Cathar Perfecti (Albigensians) ENT_HERX_CATHAR_PERFECTI aligned_with Mani ENT_MANICH_MANI medium Medieval polemicists labelled the dualist Cathars 'Manichaeans'; their cosmology parallels Manichaean dualism. Malcolm Lambert, Medieval Heresy: Popular Movements from the Gregorian Reform to the Reformation (3rd ed., Blackwell, 2002) SRC_LAMBERT_MH 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]);