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Earliest Jewish Believers — Ebionites Part 2
They used only the Gospel of the Hebrews written by Matthew. (The Ebionites repudiated Paul) and used only the Gospel according to the Hebrews, making but slight account of the others. (Eusebius, Eccl. Hist. iii.27.4.) Continue reading
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Earliest Jewish Believers: Ebionites Part 1
The very first believers in Jesus were not Christians. Christianity was not in existence yet — Christianity was a creation of St Paul. There were many names for these believers, but as Epiphanius writes: “Ebionite was at first… a common name for all Christians” (Epiphanius Adv. Haer., xxix. 1). Continue reading
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