Definition of Ebionism

1. an early Christian sect which honoured Mosaic law [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ebionism

ebbets
ebbing
ebbless
ebbs
ebbs and flows
ebbtide
ebbtides
ebene
ebenezer
ebenezers
ebeniste
ebenistes
ebionise
ebionised
ebionises
ebionism (current term)
ebionisms
ebionitism
ebionitisms
ebionize
ebionized
ebionizes
eblanin
eblis
ebola haemorrhagic fever
ebola virus
ebon
ebonation
ebonies
ebonise

Literary usage of Ebionism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Post-apostolic Age by Lucius Waterman (1898)
"Comparatively speaking, Pharisaic ebionism was stagnant, ... Pharisaic ebionism represented the position of a very small number of Jews, who had come to ..."

2. Short History of the Early Church by John Fletcher Hurst (1886)
"ebionism AND GNOSTICISM. 1. Disposition to make Terms. Christianity was making steady progress in every ... Out of these two tendencies sprang ebionism. ..."

3. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1915)
"Such a view of Christ's Person- is Docetism, the antithesis of ebionism. (6) Anthropology.—Man is regarded as a microcosm. ..."

4. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1889)
"to the intrusion ot such anti-Christian, Jewish and Pagan elements as sought to gain a footing in ebionism and Gnosticism. On the other hand, ..."

5. History of the Christian Church: From the Apostolic Age to the Reformation by James Craigie Robertson (1874)
"ebionism continued to exist in Syria and Peraea as late as the end of the fourth century." IV. Menander, who has been mentioned as the successor of Simon ..."

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