Against the Manichaeans, in Four Books

Contra Manichaeos libri IV (Κατὰ Μανιχαίων) · Photius of Constantinople · 9th century (patriarchate) · treatise

Greek · domain: later-byzantine · researched 2026-11-13

no English translation located. No published English translation of this text was located in the catalogues and series checked. Where only a non-English rendering or a translation of a daughter version exists, it is recorded below and does not close the gap. Treat this as a gap candidate, not as proof that no translation exists; the evidence names every source checked.

Why this is in the register

Checked 2026-11-13. PG 102 opens with 'Contra Manicheos libri quatuor, ex editione J. Christophori Wolfii, col. 9' (OCR: https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_1860_102). HOLLIS 'Photius against the Manichaeans' returns 0 records (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Photius%20against%20the%20Manichaeans&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 'Photius Contra Manichaeos' returns only Karl Rudolf Moeller's Latin dissertation De Photii Petrique Siculi libris contra Manichaeos scriptis (Bonn, 1910) (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Photius%20Contra%20Manichaeos&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 No English translation was located.

Four books against the Manichaeans (Paulicians), a major source for the medieval dualist controversy; edited by J. C. Wolf in the 18th century and reprinted by Migne.

Existing translations recorded

None recorded in English. Non-English versions, where they exist, are named in the evidence above.

Electronic text

Source and licence
archive.org · PDF scan · public domain (Migne, 1857-1866); archive.org scan bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_1860_102

Source and licence

archive.org · PDF scan · public domain (Migne, 1857-1866); archive.org scan

bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_1860_102

Scanned witnesses

Scan search: not checked. Not searched in the scan pass: this dossier was outside the 121-work scan target set.

Harvard Hollis

Record	Citation
The homilies of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891 · 1958 · eng	Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891. "The homilies of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople." Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1958. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990002052700203941
Biblioteka : spisok i perechislenie knig, prochitannykh nami, kotorye zaprosil nash vozli︠u︡blennyĭ brat Tarasiĭ dli︠a︡ obshchego predstavlenii︠a︡, trista bez dvadt︠s︡ati Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891 · 2024- · rus	Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891. "Biblioteka : spisok i perechislenie knig, prochitannykh nami, kotorye zaprosil nash vozli︠u︡blennyĭ brat Tarasiĭ dli︠a︡ obshchego predstavlenii︠a︡, trista bez dvadt︠s︡ati." Sankt-Peterburg : Izdatelʹstvo RKhGA, 2024-. https://hollis…
Paramythitikai epistolai of Photios, Patriarch of Constantinople White, Despina Stratoudaki · 1972 · eng	White, Despina Stratoudaki. "Paramythitikai epistolai of Photios, Patriarch of Constantinople." 1972. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990013831370203941
Histoire de Photius, Patriarche schismatique de Constantinople, suivie d'oberservations sur le fanatisme Faucher, Chrysostome · 1772 · fre	Faucher, Chrysostome. "Histoire de Photius, Patriarche schismatique de Constantinople, suivie d'oberservations sur le fanatisme." Paris, Edme, 1772. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990066001870203941
Storie babilonesi · ottobre 2017 · ita, grc	"Storie babilonesi." Milano : La vita felice, ottobre 2017. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990152812640203941

Record

Citation

The homilies of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople

Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891 · 1958 · eng

Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891. "The homilies of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople." Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1958. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990002052700203941

Biblioteka : spisok i perechislenie knig, prochitannykh nami, kotorye zaprosil nash vozli︠u︡blennyĭ brat Tarasiĭ dli︠a︡ obshchego predstavlenii︠a︡, trista bez dvadt︠s︡ati

Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891 · 2024- · rus

Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891. "Biblioteka : spisok i perechislenie knig, prochitannykh nami, kotorye zaprosil nash vozli︠u︡blennyĭ brat Tarasiĭ dli︠a︡ obshchego predstavlenii︠a︡, trista bez dvadt︠s︡ati." Sankt-Peterburg : Izdatelʹstvo RKhGA, 2024-. https://hollis…

Paramythitikai epistolai of Photios, Patriarch of Constantinople

White, Despina Stratoudaki · 1972 · eng

White, Despina Stratoudaki. "Paramythitikai epistolai of Photios, Patriarch of Constantinople." 1972. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990013831370203941

Histoire de Photius, Patriarche schismatique de Constantinople, suivie d'oberservations sur le fanatisme

Faucher, Chrysostome · 1772 · fre

Faucher, Chrysostome. "Histoire de Photius, Patriarche schismatique de Constantinople, suivie d'oberservations sur le fanatisme." Paris, Edme, 1772. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990066001870203941

Storie babilonesi

· ottobre 2017 · ita, grc

"Storie babilonesi." Milano : La vita felice, ottobre 2017. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990152812640203941

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “Against the Manichaeans, in Four Books” (greek gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-photius-contra-manichaeos