There is no com­plete agree­ment among schol­ars regard­ing these groups of Jew­ish fol­low­ers of Jesus. From the Church fathers we can gather some ideas regard­ing their beliefs and prac­tices. It appears that the early Jew­ish believ­ers were known by both these names, but from the third cen­tury they became two dis­tinct groups, with the Nazarenes adopt­ing a more ortho­dox doc­trine, but the Ebion­ites either adopted or retained a quite non-orthodox one.

Let’s con­sider some of these quotes. (more…)

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Heb. 12:1 There­fore, since we are sur­rounded by so great a cloud of wit­nesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with per­se­ver­ance the race that is set before us

Is there in the ‘heav­enly sta­dium’ — look­ing down on Chris­tians still in the race? Who are they that wit­ness the deeds of Chris­tians? Most often the above verse is inter­preted that either the angels or the departed saints, the ‘Church of God’ watch Chris­tians from heaven. (more…)

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