Adamites
Sign in to saveThe Adamites, also called Adamians, were adherents of an early Christian sect reportedly active in North Africa during the 2nd through 4th centuries. According to ancient sources, the group practiced ritual nudity, believing they had regained the primeval innocence of Adam and Eve before the Fall. Similar beliefs and practices were attributed to various groups in medieval and early modern Europe, whose adherents were also labeled Adamites by contemporary chroniclers.
Key facts
- Christian denomination.name
- Adamites
- Christian denomination.main_classification
- Christianity
- Christian denomination.orientation
- Gnostic (disputed)
- Christian denomination.founder
- Prodicus (attributed)
- Christian denomination.founded_date
- 2nd century
- Christian denomination.founded_place
- North Africa (according to Epiphanius)
- Christian denomination.other_names
- Adamiani
- Christian denomination.footnotes
- The historical existence of a distinct Adamite sect is disputed by modern scholars; the term may represent a heresiological construct.
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12 sectionsContents
- Ancient Adamites
- Sources and historical reliability
- Reported beliefs and practices
- Medieval and early modern movements
- Brethren of the Free Spirit
- Bohemian Adamites
- Later references
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- External links
The Adamites, also called Adamians, were adherents of an early Christian sect reportedly active in North Africa during the 2nd through 4th centuries. According to ancient sources, the group practiced ritual nudity, believing they had regained the primeval innocence of Adam and Eve before the Fall. Similar beliefs and practices were attributed to various groups in medieval and early modern Europe, whose adherents were also labeled Adamites by contemporary chroniclers.
==Ancient Adamites== thumb|1898 illustration by E. J. Sullivan, heading to "Adamitism", chapter IX of [[Sartor Resartus (1833–34) by Thomas Carlyle]]