Ebionites (Ancient Greek: Ἐβιωναῖοι, romanized: Ebiōnaîoi, derived from Hebrew אֶבְיוֹנִים, [1] ʾEḇyōnīm, meaning 'the poor' or 'poor ones') as a term refers to a Jewish Christian sect that existed during the early centuries of the Common Era. [2] [3]

Ebionite, member of an early ascetic sect of Jewish Christians. The Ebionites were one of several such sects that originated in and around Palestine in the first centuries ad and included the Nazarenes and Elkasites.

They believed in the Messianic character of Jesus, but denied his divinity and supernatural origin; observed all the Jewish rites, such as circumcision and the seventh-day Sabbath; and used a gospel according to Matthew written in Hebrew or Aramaic, while rejecting the writings of Paul as those of an apostate (Irenæus, "Adversus Hæreses," i. 262...

The Ebionites (from Hebrew; אביונים, Ebyonim, "the poor ones") were an early sect of Jewish followers of Jesus that flourished from the first to the fifth century C.E. in and around the Land of Israel.

The Ebionites were an early Jewish Christian sect. How early they emerged as a distinct sect, is a matter of some debate. The name of their sect is mentioned by Justin Martyr around 140 CE, and they may have been the group he referred to.

The word Ebionites, or rather, more correctly, Ebionæans (Ebionaioi), is a transliteration of an Aramean word meaning "poor men". It first occurs in Irenaeus, Adv. Haer., I, xxvi, 2, but without designation of meaning.

Mar 23, 2022 · In the infancy of Christianity, followers of Jesus were Jewish. They were known as the Ebionites. Many of these Ebionites (before the death of Christ) were also known to the Jewish community as the Nazarenes. After the death of Jesus, it was an Ebionite man and biological brother to Jesus Christ, James that continued on with Christ messages.

Aug 9, 2009 · The Ebionites (a term that means ‘the poor’) were a Jewish-Christian religious group that believed in following the Old Testament laws. They denied that Jesus was God in flesh, taught that he was created and that God adopted him at the time of his baptism.

Jun 23, 2022 · The Ebionites were a Jewish Christian sect, who viewed poverty as holy, adopted ritual ablutions, and rejected animal sacrifices. They lived during the early centuries after the resurrection. They were probably the followers of the Judaizers who introduced heresies in the early church (Acts 15:1; Galatians 1:6–9; 2:16, 21).

The Ebionites were an early Jewish-Christian sect that denied the divinity of Christ, rejected the virgin birth, adhered to the Mosaic Law as necessary for salvation, and dismissed the authority of the Apostle Paul. Their theology diverged significantly from the emerging consensus of orthodox Christianity, which teaches that Jesus is both fully ...