The Abrahamites were a
sect of
deists in
Bohemia
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in the 18th century, who professed to be followers of the pre-circumcised
Abraham. Believing in one God, but
rejecting the Trinity,
original sin
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, and the perpetuity of punishment for
sin, they contented themselves with the
Ten Commandments and the
Lord's Prayer
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. Declining to be classed either as
Christians or
Jews, they were excluded from the
edict of toleration promulgated by Emperor
Joseph II in 1781, and deported to various parts of the country, the men being drafted into frontier regiments. Some became
Roman Catholics, and those who retained their "Abrahamite" views were not able to hand them on to the next generation.
They are not to be confused with the ninth-century Syrian group also known as the
Abrahamite monks, who were exterminated by the iconoclastic emperor
Theophilus.
See also
* Not to be confused with the descendants of the patriarch
Abraham i.e the
Northern Arabs and
Jews
*
Hanifs
References
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Abrahamic religions
Deism
Monotheistic religions
Religion in Europe