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

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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

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

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton

From the assault of the "Alogi" on the Johannine Gospel we learn that about 160 the whole of our four Gospels had not been definitely recognised even in Asia Minor.

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

For the Alogi asserted that this Gospel was written by Cerinthus, who lived at Ephesus where St. John lived, and was himself a contemporary of St. John.

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton

Basing their views on the synoptic Gospels, and tracing descent from the obscure sect of the Alogi, the Adoptianists under Theodotus of Byzantium tried to found a school at Rome c.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg