Abecedarians

Abecedarians
Abecedarians
A sect of Anabaptists who disdained human knowledge, contending that God would enlighten His elect interiorly and give them knowledge of necessary truths by visions and ecstasies

Catholic Encyclopedia. . 2006.

Abecedarians
    Abecedarians
     Catholic_Encyclopedia Abecedarians
    A sect of Anabaptists who affected an absolute disdain for all human knowledge, contending that God would enlighten His elect interiorly and give them knowledge of necessary truths by visions and ecstasies. They rejected every other means of instuction, and pretended that to be saved one must even be ignorant of the first letters of the alphabet; whence their name, A-B-C-darians. They also considered the study of theology as a species of idolatry, and regarded learned men who did any preaching as falsifiers of God's word.
    At Wittenberg, in 1522, Nicholas Storch (Pelargus) and the Illuminati of Zwickau began to preach this doctrine, mixing it up with other errors. Carlstadt allowed himself to be drawn away by these singular views, and to put them thoroughly into practice he abandoned his title of Doctor and became a street porter. He preached the new doctrine for some time to the people and to the students of Wittenberg.
    JOHN J. A'BECKET
    Transcribed by Paul T. Crowley Dedicated to the Sacred Heart

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII. — New York: Robert Appleton Company. . 1910.


Catholic encyclopedia.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • abecedarians — a·be·ce·dar·i·an || ‚eɪbiːsiː deÉ™rɪən n. beginner; student of the abc s, one who is learning the alphabet adj. of or pertaining to the alphabet; arranged in alphabetical order; studying the alphabet …   English contemporary dictionary

  • abecedarians —  Абецедарианцы …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

  • Abecedarian — Abecedarians were a 16th century German sect of Anabaptists who effected an absolute disdain for all human knowledge, contending that God would enlighten his elect from within themselves, giving them knowledge of necessary truths by visions and… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Factory Records recording artists — Following is a list of Factory Records recording artists compiled by FAC number. The intention of this list is to establish and source a comprehensive list of recording artists who have FAC numbers attributed to their work. Note that Factory… …   Wikipedia

  • A-b-c-darian — A B C darians, ABC darians, or abecedarians were the youngest students (then called scholars) in the typical one room school of 19th century America, so called because they were just learning their “a b cs.” Early referencesIn his… …   Wikipedia

  • Anabaptist — Anabaptists (Greek ανα (again, twice) + βαπτιζω (baptize), thus re baptizers [ [http://www.answers.com/topic/anabaptist Anabaptist] at answers.com] ) are Christians of the Radical Reformation. Various groups at various times have been called… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Christian denominations — (or Denominations self identified as Christian) ordered by historical and doctrinal relationships. (See also: Christianity; Christian denominations; List of Christian denominations by number of members). Also, some groups included do not consider …   Wikipedia

  • Nicholas Storch — (died 1525) (also sp. Stork, Storck) was a radical reformation preacher and a weaver by trade. With Thomas Dreschel and Mark Thomas Stübner, he was one of the Zwickau prophets. Some scholars believe that Storch and Thomas Münzer (c.1490 1525)… …   Wikipedia

  • List of post-punk bands — This is a list of post punk bands, both from the original post punk movement as well as from the post punk revival.Post punk is a musical movement that began at the end of the 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion . The …   Wikipedia

  • Factory Records — Fondé en 1978 Fondateur Tony Wilson Alan Erasmus Genre(s) New wave Pays d origine …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”