"Church Fathers" on Nazarenes and Ebionites

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A group to discuss what the so-called "Church Fathers" said about the Nazarenes, Ebionites and ancient Jewish believers in Yeshua as the Messiah in general.

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This is primarily a research group. We do not see the "Church Fathers" as authoritative from a theological perspective, but simply as a source of historical information.

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Jerome (Letter 75) on the Nazarenes

Started by James Trimm. Last reply by Yuval Ben Marcos Jul 2. 4 Replies 0 Likes

13. The matter in debate, therefore, or I should rather say your opinion regarding it, is summed up in this: that since the preaching of the gospel of Christ, the believing Jews do well in observing the precepts of the law, i.e. in offering…Continue

Epiphanius Panarion 29 (Full Text)

Started by James Trimm. Last reply by Yuval Ben Marcos Jun 18. 3 Replies 1 Like

Here is the complete text of "Panarion 29" by Epiphanius as it appears in the translation published by Brill. Against Nazoraeans. l Number nine, but twenty-nine of the series 1,1 After these come Nazoraeans, who originated at the same time or even…Continue

Ebionites

Started by James Trimm. Last reply by Rene Lange Oct 24, 2015. 4 Replies 0 Likes

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Irenaues on Cerenthians and Ebionites

Started by James Trimm. Last reply by Mikha El May 3, 2014. 1 Reply 1 Like

1. Cerinthus, again, a man who was educated in the wisdom of the Egyptians, taught that the world was not made by the primary God, but by a certain Power far separated from him, and at a distance from that Principality who is supreme over the…Continue

Nazarenes were not Ebionites

Started by James Trimm. Last reply by Samuel J Caswell Jul 28, 2013. 4 Replies 0 Likes

Nazarenes were not EbionitesBy James Scott TrimmThis article is to demonstrate that Nazarene and Ebionism were two and separate entities.Some scholars in their books group both Nazarene and Ebionism into the same entity as quoted below: "Since…Continue

Nazarenes and the Gospel of Peter (Theodoret)

Started by James Trimm. Last reply by James Trimm Jun 28, 2012. 4 Replies 0 Likes

'The Nazaraeans are Jews who know Christ as a righteous man,and use the Gospel called "according to Peter".'(Theodoret; of heretical Fables, ii. 2) Some argue that this statement was incorrect and that Theodoret had confused the Gospel of Peter with…Continue

Apocryphon of Jeremiah and the Nazarenes (Jerome)

Started by James Trimm Jun 28, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes

"Recently I read in a certain Hebrew book that a Hebrew from the Nazarene sect brought to me, the apocryphon of Jeremiah, in which I found this text written word for word." (Jerome; Commentary on Matthew 27:9)Continue

Origen Contra Celsus

Started by James Trimm. Last reply by James Trimm Jun 28, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Origenes%2C_Contra_Celsus%2C_EN.pdf Continue

Fragments from the Goodnews according to the Hebrews

Started by James Trimm Jun 28, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Fragments from the Goodnews according to the HebrewsIrenaeusIrenaeus Against Heresies, i.26.2. But the Ebionites use only that Gospel which is according to Matthew, and repudiate the Apostle Paul, calling him an apostate from the Law.Clement of…Continue

Hegesippus the Nazarene

Started by James Trimm Jun 28, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Hegesippus the Nazarene Fragments from His Five Books of MemoirsINTRUDUCTION(From Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History: Book IV Chapter 22)Hegesippus in the five books of Memoirs which have come down to us has left a most complete record of…Continue