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Adamites

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Adamites
various sects preaching a return to life before the fall. [Christian Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 8]
See : Fanaticism
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Sadly, the Adamites died out centuries ago (having prayed themselves to exhaustion), and their disappearance reminds me of the mythical wibbly-wobbly bird, whose foreskin was connected to its eyelids.
Victor Lewis-Smith Column: Lost Joy Of Sects by Lewis-Smith, Victor / The Mirror (London, England)
At the end of the first, the Adamites burnt their libraries before joining their brethren in preparation for the Apocalypse, so as not to carry useless wisdom into the promised Kingdom of Heaven.
ST. AUGUSTINE'S COMPUTER by Manguel, Alberto / Americas (English Edition)
 
 
 
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