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Ebionites
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Ebionites (ē`bēənīts', ĕb`ē–) [Aramaic,=poor], Jewish-Christian sect of rural ancient Palestine, of the first centuries after Jesus. There were two groups, according to Origen. The Judaic Ebionites held closely to Mosaic law and regarded Jesus as a miracle-working prophet and St. Paul as an apostate. Gnostic Ebionites believed Christ to be a spirit, invisible to men, giving him the title "Prophet of the Truth."

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See H. J. Schoeps, Jewish Christianity (1969).

Ebionites
2nd- and 3rd-century Christian ascetic sect that retained a Jewish emphasis. [Christian Hist.: EB, III: 768]
See : Apostasy
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In other words, Christology from below can move toward Ebionitism, the heresy that views Jesus as merely a man who was filled with the Holy Spirit at his baptism.
WHO DO YOU SAY I AM? Christology: What it is & why it matters by Krieg, Robert A. / Commonweal
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