Neo-ebionite
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A postclassical Judeo-Christian whose theology is similar to that of the Ebionites. rare
"His views were Monarchian, and are identified by Schleiermacher with those of the Patripassians, and by Bauer with those of Artemon and the neo-Ebionites."
- 1 Similar to what the Ebionites believed. not-comparable, rare
"From the perspective of the sixteenth century, this neo-Ebionite halfway house between Pharisaic Judaism and Apostolic Christianity came to represent a viable pathway into Christianity for former Jews [who did not share in the traditions of medieval Catholicism] much as it was also a pathway back to the Old Testament for certain evangelical Restitutionist Christians who wished to eliminate much of medieval Catholic tradition."
Example
More examples"From the perspective of the sixteenth century, this neo-Ebionite halfway house between Pharisaic Judaism and Apostolic Christianity came to represent a viable pathway into Christianity for former Jews [who did not share in the traditions of medieval Catholicism] much as it was also a pathway back to the Old Testament for certain evangelical Restitutionist Christians who wished to eliminate much of medieval Catholic tradition."
Etymology
From neo- + Ebionite.
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