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Ebionites
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Ebionites
Ebionites
(
Ebionaioi
, derived from
Hebrew
אביונים
ebyonim,
ebionim
, meaning "the poor" or "poor ones"), is a
patristic
term referring to a
Jewish Christian
movement that existed during the
early centuries of the Christian Era
. They regarded
Jesus of Nazareth
as the
Messiah
while rejecting his divinity and insisted on the necessity of following
Jewish law and rites
. They used only one of the
Jewish Gospels
, revered
James the Just
, and rejected
Paul the Apostle
, as an apostate from the Law. Their name suggests that they placed a special value on
voluntary poverty
. Ebionim was one of the terms used by the sect at
Qumran
that sought to separate themselves from the corruption of the Temple. Many believe that they were
Essenes
.
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