Alogi

[ ey-loh-gahy ]

noun

, (used with a singular or plural verb)

1. a group of Christians in the 2nd century a.d. who rejected the doctrine of the Logos.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Alogi¹

1150–1200; < Medieval Latin < Greek álogoi, plural of álogos, equivalent to a- a- ⁶ + -logos, adj. derivative of lógos speech, word, the Word

Example Sentences

Bishop of Jerusalem, 51Bishop of Tyre, 52a martyr, 38Alexander Severus, Emperor, 12, 66Alexandrians, letter to, 28, 70 ff.Alogi referred to, 84Ammon, a martyr, 40Ammonarion, a martyr, 39Antioch, Council of, 10, 51, 103Apollonia, a martyr, 36Arabia, 10, 41, 52Aristotle referred to, 28, 95Arius, heresy of, 20, 56, 108Ater, a martyr, 39Athanasius, 9, 19 ff.,

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The Alogi in the 2nd century rejected the Apocalypse on account of its chiliasm, its teaching of a visible reign of Christ on earth for a thousand years.

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This is the general view of the Church of his time, except the little clique known as the Alogi who rejected the Fourth Gospel, and Marcion, who only recognized St Luke.

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It is true that the "irrational" Alogi rejected it, and that Marcion repudiated it, not because it was not by an apostle, but because St. Paul was the only apostle whom he admired.

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They were known as the Alogi, or "unbelievers in the Word."

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