from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Ebionite
adj 1: of or relating to the Ebionites or their religion
n 1: 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 [syn: {Nazarene}, {Ebionite}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ebionite \E"bi*o*nite\, n. [Heb. ebyon[imac]m poor people.]
(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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