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Tatianist|ˈteɪʃ(ɪ)ənɪst| [f. Tatian (name of a Christian apologist of the 2nd century, who afterwards became a Gnostic) + -ist.] A follower of Tatian; a member of the ascetic sect of Encratites; also incorrectly Tatian in same sense. So Tatianic |teɪʃɪˈænɪk| a., of or pertaining to Tatian, or to his diatessaron or harmony of the Gospels.
1585–7T. Rogers 39 Art. vi. (1628) 32 Some accepted onely the Acts of the Apostles, as the Tatians. 1635E. Pagitt Christianogr. iii. (1636) 60 Heretiques as the Tatians,..teaching against Marriage. 1754–8Bp. Newton Obs. Dan. xiii. 200 The mystery of iniquity continued to work very strongly in..the Tatianists. 1862G. H. Townsend Man. of Dates s.v. Encratites, Tatian flourished about a.d. 173. His followers were called in addition to Encratites, Tatianists, Apotactites, and Hydroparastates. 1907Moffat in Expositor July 62 The Tatianic arrangement reflects the original order [of the N.T. books]. |