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Cerinthian, a. and n.|sɪˈrɪnθɪən|
[f. Cerinthus + -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the teaching of Cerinthus, one of the earliest heresiarchs of the Christian Church (c a.d. 88), who attempted to unite Christianity with a mixture of Gnosticism and Judaism, the main peculiarity being the assumption that Jesus was a man and the Christ an æon who entered into Jesus.
B. n. An adherent of the teaching of Cerinthus.
1576Hanmer Aunc. Eccl. Hist. (1585) 57 Cerinthus, founder of the Cerinthian heresie. 1585–7T. Rogers 39 Art. (1607) 48 They..which either deny or impugn the Deity of our Saviour, as did the Cerinthians. 1879Farrar St. Paul (1882) 766 Any Cerinthian attempt to distinguish between Jesus the man of sorrows and Christ the risen Lord. |