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Ebionites - Heretical Sect of Ebionites

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Definition: Among the early Jewish Christians were the heretical Ebionites, some of whom believed Jesus was simply a virtuous man, but a mortal, and others who thought he was born of the Virgin Mary, but refused to acknowledge he had pre-existed. Eusebius wrote on the heresy of the Ebionites.

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