Background Gospel of the Ebionites

epiphanius believed have come possession of gospel attributed ebionites when bishop of salamis, cyprus. alone among church fathers identifies cyprus 1 of roots of ebionites. gospel survives in 7 brief quotations epiphanius in chapter 30 of heresiology panarion, or medicine chest , (c. 377) polemic against ebionites. citations contradictory , thought based in part on own conjecture. various, conflicting, sources of information combined point out inconsistencies in ebionite beliefs , practices relative nicene orthodoxy, possibly serve, indirectly, polemic against arians of time.

the term gospel of ebionites modern convention; no surviving document of church mentions gospel name. epiphanius identifies gospel in gospel used them, called according matthew , call hebrew [gospel] . 1689 french priest richard simon called text gospel of ebionites . name used modern scholars convenient way distinguish gospel text used ebionites epiphanius mistaken belief hebrew version of gospel of matthew. place of origin uncertain; 1 speculation composed in region east of jordan ebionites said have been present, according accounts of church fathers. thought have been composed during middle of 2nd century, since several other gospel harmonies known period.

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