Ebionites & Adoptionists
Ebionites & Adoptionists
In the 2nd century held that Jesus was simply a human being and a great moral teacher.
He was no more than a man who had a special call from God
They ignored the entire soteriological (salvation through Jesus Christ, derived from the Greek “soter” “savior”) doctrine of the New Testament
They had no teaching about the Holy Spirit
They held on to observance of the Old Law
It is said that the Apostle John wrote his gospel at the request of the ministers of the several churches of Asia, “in opposition to the heresy of Corinthus and the Ebionites, who held that Jesus was a mere man.”
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