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CHRISTIANS OF ST. JOHN

The Christians of St John were a sect of religionists found in Asiatic Turkey, chiefly in the neighbourhood of Bassorah. They professed to follow the teaching of John the Baptist, and were wrongly called Christians since they rejected Christ, and were practically heathens, whose deities are darkness and light. They were called also Mendeans, Mendaites or Mandaites, and are also known as Sabians.
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SABIANS

The Sabians were a sect which arose about 830 and who followed a religion of the ancient Syrians modified by Hellenic influences.
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