(2 syl.). Disciples of Cain, a pseudo-Gnostic sect of the
second century. They renounced the New Testament, and received instead
The Gospel of Judas, which justified the false disciple and the
crucifixion of Jesus. This sect maintained that heaven and earth were
created by the evil principle, and that Cain with his descendants were
the persecuted party.
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