Cerinthianadj.n.
/sɪˈrɪnθɪən/ 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.
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Cerinthian1577
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. iii. xxv. 51 Cerinthus whiche founde the Cerinthian heresie.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. x. xlviii. 446 Any Cerinthian attempt to distinguish between Jesus the man of sorrows and Christ the risen Lord.
B. n.
An adherent of the teaching of Cerinthus.
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Cerinthian1607
1607 T. Rogers Faith, Doctr., & Relig. 9 They..which either denie, or impugne the deitie of our Sauiour, as did..the Cerinthians.
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