Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of a sect, probably founded by Constantine of Syria during the latter half of the seventh century, which held the dualistic doctrine that all matter was evil, believed that Christ, having a purely ethereal body, suffered only in appearance, and rejected the authority of the Old Testament and religious ordinances and ceremonies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Christian dualists originating in Armenia in the seventh century. They rejected the Old Testament and the part of the New.
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- noun historical A member of the
Paulicianism movement.
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Examples
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Colonia was one of the centres of the Paulician heresy.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement] 1840-1916 1913
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Paulician army invaded Asia Minor as far as Ephesus, and almost to the coast opposite Constantinople.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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The cardinal point of the Paulician heresy is a distinction between the God who made and governs the material world and the God of heaven who created souls, who alone should be adored.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Again occupied by the Greeks from 1018 to 1186, it enjoyed great prosperity; a section of the population was Paulician or Manichaean.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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But in any case it represents a very late stage of their history, and it is disputed whether it is really Paulician at all.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Constantine of Mananalis, calling himself Silvanus, founded what appears to be the first Paulician community at Kibossa, near Colonia in Armenia.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Michael I began to persecute again and his successor Leo V, though an Iconoclast, tried to refute the accusation that he was a Paulician by persecuting them furiously.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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There were Paulician communities in the part of Armenia occupied by
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Manichæans, and is a valuable witness of the Paulician phase of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Smbat, supposed author of the Paulician _Key of Truth_, 80
The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 William Holden Hutton 1895
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