Cainites

A Gnostic Sect of the second century was called Cainites or

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

And if this interpretation be not the true one, it is at least certain that the generation of the Cainites was a blood-thirsty generation, and hated and persecuted the true Church.

Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood Martin Luther 1514

At the opposite extreme is the strange view held by the early Gnostic sect known as the Cainites described by St. Irenaeus (Adv. Haer.,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Later, when this interpretation and the Book of Enoch both fell out of favor, Church Fathers generally explained the passage by claiming that the "sons of God" were actually the Sethites, that the "daughters of men" were Cainites, and that the mixing of the two lines led to an increase of immorality, though why these immoral offspring should be "men of renown," I do not know.

Why Christians Should Go Ahead and Be Pagan 2009

Later, when this interpretation and the Book of Enoch both fell out of favor, Church Fathers generally explained the passage by claiming that the "sons of God" were actually the Sethites, that the "daughters of men" were Cainites, and that the mixing of the two lines led to an increase of immorality, though why these immoral offspring should be "men of renown," I do not know.

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Later, when this interpretation and the Book of Enoch both fell out of favor, Church Fathers generally explained the passage by claiming that the "sons of God" were actually the Sethites, that the "daughters of men" were Cainites, and that the mixing of the two lines led to an increase of immorality, though why these immoral offspring should be "men of renown," I do not know.

Why Christians Should Go Ahead and Be Pagan 2008

Later, when this interpretation and the Book of Enoch both fell out of favor, Church Fathers generally explained the passage by claiming that the "sons of God" were actually the Sethites, that the "daughters of men" were Cainites, and that the mixing of the two lines led to an increase of immorality, though why these immoral offspring should be "men of renown," I do not know.

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Byron also rejects the gloss, which Milton accepts, that the "sons of God" in Genesis 6 were offspring of the line of Seth while the "daughters of men" with whom they had children were offspring of the line of Cain; Byron has Oholibamah saying specifically that the Sethites and Cainites have never intermarried.

Heaven and Earth 2007

The Cainites fell before a barrage of knockout beams.

Trader To The Stars Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1964

I myself could not trail the Cainites far, because they had crossed a broad reach of naked rock on their way downward and once in the forest had covered their tracks.

Trader To The Stars Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1964