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- noun Plural form of
Elcesaite .
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The Elcesaites were a judaising branch of this Asiatic Gnosticism; Saturninus of Antioch, Ardo of Syria, and
The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History Annie Wood Besant 1890
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Elcesaites said: "In [en] the name of the great and highest God and in the name of his Son, the great King".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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A century and a half later, St. Epiphanius found it in use among the Sampsæans, descendants of the earlier Elcesaites, and also among the Ossæns, and many of the other Ebionite communities.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Another sect transplanted to Rome at this period was that of the Elcesaites.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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However, St. Irenaeus's account of the Marcosians, Hippolytus's account of the Elcesaites, the liturgical portions of the "Acta
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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