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Ebionite

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E´bi`o`nite
n.1.(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of heretics, in the first centuries of the church, whose doctrine was a mixture of Judaism and Christianity. They denied the divinity of Christ, regarding him as an inspired messenger, and rejected much of the New Testament.
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Noun1.Ebionite - a member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah; they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected the Epistles of St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome
Nazarene
religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity
Adj.1.Ebionite - of or relating to the Ebionites or their religion


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Matthew 19:24) Eusebius, a fourth century Christian historian, refers to an early Jewish-Christian sect known as the Ebionites (literally, the poor ones in Hebrew), so-named because of their state of voluntary poverty.
Social welfare before the Elizabethan Poor Laws: the early Christian ... by Faherty, Vincent E. / Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
It's interesting to note that the early Christian Ebionites, who accepted the rest of the Gospel of Matthew, did not accept its genealogy (Abel: 204).
New testament genealogies and the families of Mary and Joseph by Sivertsen, Barbara / Biblical Theology Bulletin
In his ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY (Book III, 27) Eusebius discusses the Ebionites who were Jewish Christians.
A Jewish Perspective of Jesus by Golden, Steven H. / Biblical Theology Bulletin
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