Essenism

Christianity was a form of Judaism, as much as Pharisaisim, Sadduceeism, or Essenism were.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Ann Coulter, Christian Chauvinist: 2007

John's baptism, and the radical change of life it demanded, seem foreign to Essenism.

The Life of Jesus of Nazareth Rush Rhees

Thus the Jewish historian Graetz declares that Jesus simply appropriated to himself the essential features of Essenism, and that primitive Christianity was

Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918

"To maintain the Essenism of Jesus is a proof of frivolity or of invincible ignorance."

Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918

Pythagorism, Essenism, Indian asceticism betrayed this erroneous tendency, and the Indian ascetics are actually quoted by Clement of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

While some discover the roots of the Mass in the Jewish funeral feasts (O. Holtzmann) or in Jewish Essenism

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

In reference to such chimeras it is enough to say that between Essenism and Christianity there are some points of resemblance; it could not very well be otherwise because Essenism was Judaic in its foundation and Christianity was not destructive but progressive.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

The external cause of attention was the bias of English deists and Continental Rationalists who strove to metamorphize the Essenes into predecessors from whom gradually and quite naturally Christians developed; and Freemasons pretended to find in Essenism pure Christianity.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

To these two main currents of thought in the apostolic age -- Judaism (the law for all Christians) and apostolic Christianity (the law for the Jews) -- numerous gnostic variations akin to Essenism must soon be added.

The Beginnings of Christianity. Vol. I. 1872-1939 1903

All that we can say is that the scruple-mongers at Colossae taught doctrines which had points of contact with Essenism.

The Books of the New Testament Leighton Pullan 1902