Alogi

American  

[ey-loh-gahy] / eɪˈloʊ gaɪ /

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. a group of Christians in the 2nd century a.d. who rejected the doctrine of the Logos.

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Etymology

Origin of Alogi

1150–1200; < Medieval Latin < Greek álogoi, plural of álogos, equivalent to a- a- ⁶ + -logos, adj. derivative of lógos speech, word, the Word

Example Sentences

This is the general view of the Church of his time, except the little clique known as the Alogi who rejected the Fourth Gospel, and Marcion, who only recognized St Luke.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

It is true that the "irrational" Alogi rejected it, and that Marcion repudiated it, not because it was not by an apostle, but because St. Paul was the only apostle whom he admired.

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton

They were known as the Alogi, or "unbelievers in the Word."

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton

On the labours in scientific theology on the part of the so-called Alogi in Asia Minor and of the Roman Theodotianists see Epiph. hær.

From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil

The Alogi in the 2nd century rejected the Apocalypse on account of its chiliasm, its teaching of a visible reign of Christ on earth for a thousand years.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various