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| | Mani |
 | | Mani was a third-century Persian prophet, the founder of the dualistic Manichaean religion, which borrowed eclectically from Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Buddhism. | | | In Norse mythology, Mani was the god of the moon and a son of Mundilfari and Glaur. | | | Hjuki and Bil, children of Vidfinn, were sent by their father to Byrgir, a well, to fetch water. |
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http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/lookup/encyclopedia/ma/Mani.html
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| | Manichaeism, a Universalist Faith |
| | Mani claimed that he was the successor to prophets such as Zarathustra and Jesus, and he claimed that he was the helper promised by Jesus - as described in John 14:16. | | | Mani saw himself in agreement with the Zoroastrian belief that the universe was in a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil. | | | Mani believed that his views were the most advanced and the sum and perfection of all religious wisdom. |
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http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch22.htm
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| | Hexapedia - Manichaeism |
| | Mani was eager to describe himself as a "disciple of Jesus Christ", but the orthodox church rejected him as a heretic. | | | Mani declared himself, and was also referred to, as the Paraclete: a Biblical title, meaning "comforter" or "helper", which the Orthodox tradition understood as referring to God in the person of the Holy Spirit. | | | He claimed to be the Paraclete, as promised in the New Testament: the Last Prophet and Seal of the Prophets that finalized a succession of men guided by God and included figures such as Zoroaster, Hermes, Plato, Buddha, and Jesus. |
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http://www.hexafind.com/encyclopedia/Manichaeism
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Manichaeism |
| | Mani's father was at first apparently an idolater, for, as he worshipped in a temple to his gods he is supposed to have heard a voice urging him to abstain from meat, wine, and women. | | | Christianity was the predominant religion in Osrhoene, and perhaps the principle religion in all Mesopotamia in Mani's time. | | | Mani finally beguiled the unwary by the use of such apparently Christian terms as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost to designate divine personalities, but a glance at his cosmogony shows how flimsy was the disguise. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09591a.htm
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| | Mani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Mani (prophet), a third-century Iranian prophet, the founder of the dualistic Manichaean religion, which borrowed eclectically from Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Buddhism | | | Mani wheel, another name for a prayer wheel used for prayers in Tibetan Buddhism | | | Mani Rimdu, Nepals most prominent dance-drama, performed by Mahayana Buddhist monks wearing large, colorfully painted masks (see Culture of Nepal) |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mani
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| | Mani: Gnostic Prophet of Dualism |
| | Mani believed that he was the last and greatest of the prophets, successor to the prophetic founders of the three great religions of Iran: Zoroastrianism, Buddhism and Christianity. | | | Mani’s attempt to integrate Christianity, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism led to some interesting twists of doctrine, such as Turkish texts which speak of the nirvana of the Buddha Jesus on the cross. | | | Although a Persian, Mani was raised in a Gnostic Christian sect known as the Elkesaites, whose founder, Elkesai, was a Christian prophet living in Jordan around 100 AD, to whom was revealed a heavenly book of scripture to supplement New Testament writings. |
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http://www.ldsmag.com/ideas/040712mani.html
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| | Mani, the Ambassador of Light |
| | Mani himself was initiated into the mysteries of Mithra, and he studied early Christian heretical sects before establishing his own religious philosophy in about AD 240, at the Persian court of King Shapur 1. | | | Mani was born about AD 215 to a family whose religious beliefs were culled from a number of sources. | | | Mani "regarded Zarathustra, Buddha and Jesus as his forerunners and declared that he, like them, had received essentially the same enlightenment from the same source. |
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http://www.mystae.com/restricted/streams/gnosis/mani.html
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| | Mani |
| | The death of Mani, is retold as an incident similar to the crucifixion of Jesus. | | | At the age of 12 and 24, Mani had visions where an angel told him that he would be the prophet of a last divine revelation. | | | Mani practised under the protection of the Persian emperor, Shapur 1, most of his life. |
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http://i-cias.com/e.o/mani.htm
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| | Tayloe Gwathmey |
| | Mani was born in 216 to a father with a strong proclivity for religion. | | | Mani was visited by something in the night that left him with the desire to become a religious reformer, some traditions hold that it was his spiritual twin, the Christian Paraclete, others argue that it was an angel. | | | Manichaeism is an ancient Gnostic religion that was founded by a mysterious prophet who went by the title Mani. |
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http://students.roanoke.edu/groups/relg211/gwathmey/Mani.html
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| | The comforter |
| | Mani had claimed that he was the last in the succession of messengers from God, that he was the greatest of prophets. | | | Mani synthesized Persian, Christian, and Buddhist ideas and became a major influence of religion in the world in its time. | | | It is affirmed that Mani gave himself out as an apostle of Christ, of his very nature, as the Comforter, the Holy Spirit whom Jesus had promised, and as Christ himself. |
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http://www.letusreason.org/Islam3.htm
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| | J.R. Ritman Library - Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica |
| | Mani presented himself as the ‘apostle of Jesus Christ’, even as the saviour who poured the heavenly manna on his people. | | | As a founder of a religion and an apostle of the light, Mani placed himself at the end of a long tradition of biblical prophets and of Buddha, Zoroaster, Hermes Trismegistus, Jesus and Paul. | | | The prophet Elkasai and the jewish-christian sect of the Elkasaites played a significant part in the early life of Mani and subsequently also in the Mani Codex, an important source also for the organization, rites and theology of this sect. |
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http://www.ritmanlibrary.nl/c/p/h/bel_14.html
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| | Zarathushtra, Mani, and the Cathars by Sanderson Beck |
| | Mani was said to have been related to the Parthian Arsacid dynasty, and his association with King Baat, possibly a Parthian Armenian, as he lectured to his disciples at Phargalia, may have led to Mani's arrest at Gondeshapur (Belapat). | | | Mani was brought before an angry King Bahram and said he had done no harm but had helped the royal family by freeing their servants of demons and by healing them. | | | Mani also taught the trinity of the Father (God of truth), the beloved Son (Christ), and the Holy Spirit (Mother of Life). |
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http://www.san.beck.org/GPJ8-ManiandCathars.html
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| | Mani Biography / Biography of Mani Biography |
| | Mani left a number of books, treatises, and epistles, mostly in Syriac, among which were the Book of the Two Principles, The Book of Secrets, and The Living Gospel. | | | Mani's religion spread quickly but was eventually stamped out through opposition from other religions, notably Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam. | | | He believed that God had periodically revealed the truth through His chosen apostles, Zoroaster, Buddha, and Christ, and Mani considered himself the true prophet of his day for all humanity. |
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http://www.bookrags.com/biography-mani
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| | The Invisible Basilica: Mani |
| | In 242 e.v., he proclaimed a new, universal religion at the Persian court of Shapur I, proclaiming himself to be Mani, "The Vessel," the prophesied Paraclete, the divine helper of mankind, and the last of the great prophets. | | | Also, whereas these teachers considered themselves Christians, Mani was the founder of an entirely new religion, which claimed to be the culmination of Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Buddhism. | | | Later prophets were Noah, Shem, Abraham, Enosh, Nikotheos, Enoch, Buddha, Aurentes, Zoroaster, Jesus (whose crucifixion was the resolution of the earlier crucifixion of Jesus the Radiant on the cross of matter), Paul, and, finally, Mani, who was the "Seal of the Prophets." |
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http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/mani.htm
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| | NPNF210. Ambrose: Selected Works and Letters (iv.iv.iii.ix) |
| | According to the Persian historian Mirkhond, Mani was a member of an ancient priestly house which had preserved the holy fire and the religion of Zoroaster during the dark age of Parthian domination. | | | The Prophet proclaims Him eternal, and the Apostle proclaims Him eternal; the Testaments, Old and New alike, are full of witness to the Son’s eternity. | | | He was flayed alive, but he left numerous converts, and his death, which cast a certain halo of martyrdom around him, and their sufferings in persecution, really proved—as in the case of Christianity—conducive to the spread of Manichæan doctrine. |
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http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf210.iv.iv.iii.ix.html
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| | Mani |
| | The religion founded by Mani was called "Manicheanism." One of Mani's followers was St. Augustine of Hippo, a famous theologian (someone who studies religion). | | | When he was twenty, he saw a vision and declared himself a prophet. | | | But after the King's death, his successor, Bahram I, was alarmed by Mani's popularity. |
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http://www.zoroastriankids.com/216.html
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| | Challenging the Cults: History of the Cults |
| | After the death of Shapur, Mani was charged by Persian priests (Zoroasterian) with perverting the traditional religion. | | | Mani claimed continuous revelations and inspiration from an angel, “The Twin”, who as his heavenly alter ego prepared and protected him as a teacher and initiated him in the way of salvation. | | | His teaching was claimed to be superior to prophets who preceded him because unlike Zoroaster, Buddha and Jesus, Mani published an authoritative canon of at least seven major works. |
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http://www.truthnet.org/Christianity/Cults/Historycults2
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| | The Prophet Prohibited The Killing of Women and Children: But What About Those Night Raids? |
| | The Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked about the women and children of the polytheists who were among them and who would be injured if the enemy was attacked. | | | Jaththama that the Prophet of Allah (may peace be upon him), when asked about the women and children of the polytheists being killed during the night raid, said: They are from them. | | | Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Go in Allah's name, trusting in Allah, and adhering to the religion of Allah's Apostle. |
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http://www.answering-christianity.com/karim/no_killing_of_civilians.htm
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| | Adherents.com |
| | Mani (or Manes, 216-76), a Mesopotamian ecstatic, taught a dualistic philosophy with signs of an Iranian Gnostic influence and elements of Jewish and Buddhist belief... | | | A syncretistic religion inspired by the Babylonian prophet Mani (A.D. 216-277), who incorporated elements of Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Gnosticism, and Christianity... | | | When Mani was 24, this same angel appeared to him and told him that now the time had come to appear in public and proclaim hisown doctrine.... |
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| | Manichaean Input to Chinese Culture and Art - Radha Banerjee |
| | Mani proclaimed himself a prophet and the messenger of god in Babylon, although he was not of Babylonian origin, but an Iranian descendant. | | | According to the Compendium of the Teaching of Mani: the Buddha of Light, a Manichaean temple has five sections containing a lectorium, a hall for instruction, a hall for prayer and penitence, a hall for preaching, and a monk's hospice. | | | His father, by temperament, was inclined to mysticism, and was devoted to the study of the religious sects. |
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http://www.ignca.nic.in/ks_41029.htm
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| | Mani's Reunion |
| | As one of Mani's close ones wrote: "Surely the heavens and the heavens beyond the heavens are reverberating with Beloved Baba's divine satisfaction at His glorious handiwork in the form of His little sister Mani!" | | | Earlier Mani had been touched by a letter from a Baba lover who wrote that while watching the video of Mani gesturing to "Welcome to My World", she saw Mani's face turn into Baba's face. | | | Mani had always loved the atmosphere of freedom and renunciation surrounding cremations, and especially those that took place at evening time. |
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http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/erics/manireun.html
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| | Famous Manichaeans (followers of Mani) religion: Manichaeism |
| | After centuries of intense persecution, organized Manichaeism became essentially extinct, although many of its philosophies and teachings are believed to have influenced other religious traditions. | | | Sisin - leader of Manichaeism after martyrdom of Mani; re-organized the Manichaean church 4 years after death of Mani; led from 281 until he was killed by Vahram II in 291 | | | During the Middle Ages any dualist Christian group that the dominant Catholic Church regarded as heretical was typically labelled as "Manichaeism," regardless of whether it had anything to do with the religion founded by Mani. |
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http://www.adherents.com/largecom/fam_manichaean.html
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| | Mizanu'l Haqq |
| | Christ's only prophecies about prophets who would come after Him were not such as to induce Christians to accept any who claimed to be prophets (Matt. | | | The fact that Mani was a painter and that the Artang was full of pictures is mentioned in the Shahnamah, but not by Al Ya'qubi, Al Biruni, Ash Shahristani, and other Arabic writers of authority. | | | (10) To appeal to Mani's claim to be the Paraclete in proof that Muhammad was such, is a strange way of arguing. |
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http://www.bible.ca/islam/library/Pfander/Miftahul/p248.htm
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| | A Unique Eschatological Interface: Bahá’u’lláh and Cross-cultural Messianism |
| | Of universal movement in Bahá’í prophetic history is Bahá’u’lláh’s advent as the “Promise of all the Prophets of God, a heralded in all the sacred Scriptures.” | | | Since all past prophets were sent to progressively prepare the world for its eventual unity, the spirit which propels mankind toward its own unification is the same spirit that has empowered messengers of the past to fulfill their preparatory roles. | | | The full text states: “...all the Prophets are Temples of the Cause of God, who have appeared clothed in divers attire. |
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http://bahai-library.com/articles/eschatological.html
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| | Essays and Articles |
| | In this regard, he refers to a tradition attributed to the Prophet, according to which Muhammad is said to have declared, 'The vein is deceptive'. | | | Thus, several companions of the Prophet are said to have married outside their tribe with the Prophet's consent. | | | While the Qur'an and the traditions attributed to the Prophet repeatedly stress the need for all Muslims, men and women, rich and poor, to acquire knowledge, Barani insists that the Sultan should consider it his religious duty to deny the ajlaf access to knowledge, branding them as 'mean', and 'despicable'. |
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http://www.law.emory.edu/ihr/yogi3.html
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| | Order of Nazorean Essenes |
| | It is free of medieval dogma and outmoded doctrines derived from the dark and reformation ages. | | | The Religion of Mani eventually gave birth to many later breakoffs such as the Mazdakians, | | | There is yet no complete consensus on many ancient Manichaean teachings and practices, and great ignorance on many of them due to a partial historical record. |
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http://essenes.net/bnei3.htm
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| | Bismillah Al Rahman Al Rahim |
| | is sent in that prophet’s lifetime, he was to believe in him and support him, and that prophet was to take this covenant to his people as well. | | | is the Prophet of prophets, as was made clear on the night of his Ascension, when all the prophets prayed in congregation behind him. | | | Evidence for Mawlid from the Sunna of the Prophet |
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http://sunnah.org/publication/mawlid/mawlid_fatwa.htm
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| | Bibliography for Middle East & Africa to 1875 |
| | Greenlees, Duncan, The Gospel of the Prophet Mani. | | | Speeches and Table-Talk of the Prophet Muhammad, The tr. | | | Islam from the Prophet Muhammad to the Capture of Constantinople, ed. |
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| | Sayyid Sulaiman Nadvi |
| | His Khutbât-e-Madrâs is a collection of his lectures delivered at the invitation of the Muslim Educational Conference at Madras on the life of the Holy Prophet of Islâm | | | This has since been translated into several languages and is the most widely read book on the life and teachings of the Great Prophet of Islâm | | | This outstanding work on the life of the Holy Prophet of Islam |
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| | iMakeContent: Mani |
| | But because their message contained the truth, the revelations at the core of all the world's great religions, they were able to win over new converts. | | | In many ways, Manichaesim was a pick 'n' mix religion, taking freely from whatever lay at hand. | | | The Magi, the high priests of Zoroastrianism, felt threatened by the power that Mani exercised over his disciples and had him imprisoned and eventually killed. |
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http://www.imakecontent.net/mani.htm
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| | Manichaean Writings -- The Gnostic Society Library |
| | We Would Fulfil: Mani's Hymn to Jesus, the King. | | | The Manichaean movement became a true world religion, spreading to Europe, Central Asia and China; it survived as a living religion in the Orient up until the present century. | | | Apocryphal letter to Màr Ammo ascribed to Mani. |
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http://gnosis.org/library/manis.htm
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| | Valentinius: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic |
| | (which encapsulated many apparently contradictory movements and core beliefs of the period; what we would now call orthodox Christianity is a synthesis of some of these beliefs, EHandler: no quick summary. | | | While Valentinus was alive he made many disciples, EHandler: no quick summary. | | | (from the many derogatory words and phrases that were applied to heretics. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/v/va/valentinius.htm
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| | Order of Nazorean Essenes |
| | Called by the Prophets a Nazorean by John F. | | | The Order of O:N:E: is committed to restoring the original Jesus and the form of Buddhist Christianity expounded by His true sucessors such as the prophet | | | persecuted Jesus Christ was because he had so many wives..." - Celsus, AD 38) by Nathan C. Taylor |
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| | Sirat-un-Nabi Vol 1 to 4 :: simplyislam.com |
| | The Book is the English translation of Sirat-un-Nabi originally written in Urdu by the late ‘Allama Shibli Nu‘mani’.None can deny that the life-history of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) is an imperative need not only for the Muslims but for humanity at large. | | | In short, it is a necessity that meets our interests both in this world and in the Hereafter.This valuable work on the life of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and Blessings of Allah upon him) hardly stands in need of any introduction. | | | Allama Shibli has indeed earned great fame for this work.This biography was written in Urdu and great need was being felt for rendering it into English. |
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http://www.simplyislam.com/1717.html
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| | MANI |
| | MANI - Why was Polygamy revealed to the LDS church through the Prophet? | | | Some men were lost through persecution leaving many widows without husbands, but I think the main reason lies in the scriptures and what Joseph Smith said about it. | | | Well, the Lord did direct otherwise and they obeyed His command for as long as the law of the land would allow. |
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http://www.mormonhaven.com/mani2.htm
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| | Ky-Mani Marley Interview |
| | Imagine being the son of a musical prophet. | | | So what would you do if you were the son of a musical prophet? | | | Although he speaks in the first person quite often, Ky-Mani does not come across as arrogant and self-serving, like many of today’s artists. |
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http://www.juddhandler.com/articles/kymani.php
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