"Did Manichaeism Reach the Philippines? Weighing the (Circumstantial) Evidence"

The myth of the Infinito Dios presents a “heretical” cosmology that reimagines the Genesis creation account by positing a deity who precedes the Biblical God. The presentation describes the content of the Infinito Dios myth, tracing its development through the scant available source materials, which have traditionally been held in secret and hidden from researchers. The paper also speculates on the origins of the narrative within the context of ten centuries of Asian and European migrations to the Philippines and the beliefs and ideas that accompanied them. There are reasonable arguments and circumstantial evidence suggesting that the myth of the Infinito Dios has roots in dualist and Gnostic cosmologies in the Mediterranean world and Silk Route, specifically Manichaeism.