Ebionism
A Jesus honored as prophet but not confessed as God, with the Torah still binding
Ebionism names a Jewish-Christian movement that regarded Jesus as a mere human prophet and held that observance of the Torah remained obligatory. What is known comes largely from hostile heresiological reports by writers such as Irenaeus and Epiphanius, so its actual beliefs must be reconstructed with caution. It stands among early movements the wider Church rejected for denying Christ's full divinity.
How it traveled
- The Church History of EusebiusCaesarea · 339explains
- Letters of St. AugustinHippo Regius · 430challenges
- The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of TheodoretCyrrhus · 458challenges
Key passages(20)
The Church History of Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea
Against Heresies: Book I · Irenaeus of Lyons
Epistle to the Philadelphians: Shorter and Longer Versions · Ignatius of Antioch
Letters of St. Augustin · Augustine of Hippo
The Church History of Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea
The Church History of Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea
The Church History of Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea
Against Heresies: Book IV · Irenaeus of Lyons
The Church History of Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea
The Church History of Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea
The Dialogue Against the Luciferians · Jerome
The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret · Theodoret of Cyrus
A Commentary on the Apostles' Creed · Rufinus of Aquileia
The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril · Cyril of Jerusalem
Book VI · Constitutions of the Holy Apostles
Epistle to the Magnesians: Shorter and Longer Versions · Ignatius of Antioch
Against Heresies: Book V · Irenaeus of Lyons
Letters of St. Augustin · Augustine of Hippo
The Seven Books of John Cassian on the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius · John Cassian
Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59) · Thomas Aquinas