No. VII. ABELIANS. THEY are a fect of Heretics that fprung up during the reign of Arcadius, near Hippo, in Africa, Their diftinguishing tenet was to marry, yet to live with their wives without having any carnal commerce with them. No. No. VIII. ADESSENARIANS. THEY were a fect of Chriftians, who maintained the real prefence in the Eucharift; but in a fenfe different from what the Roman church calls Tranfubftantiation, nor were the Adeffenarians agreed among themfelves with regard to the mode in which the real presence existed; fome being perfuaded that the body of Christ is in the bread; others that it is about the bread; fome that it is with the bread; and others that it is under the bread. No. No. IX. AERIANS. THESE are a fect of Heretics who feparated themselves from the Church party, in the reign of Conftantine the Great, and during the Pontificate of Julius I. about the year 342. They had their name from one Aerius, a Prefbyter, who thinking himself neglected by not being advanced to the dignity of a bishop, went over to the Arian party, but held fome opinions peculiar to himfelf, as, that there was no diftinction founded in Scripture, between Prefbyter and bishop. He alfo afferted, that we are not obliged to obferve the ftated feafts of the Church, admitted those only into his fect, who lived in continence, and condemned marriage as unlawful. 6 No. No. X. CAINIANS. A Sect of Christian Heretics that fprung up about the year 130, and took their name from Cain, whom they looked upon as their Head and Father, they faid that he was formed by a celeftial and Almighty power, and that Abel was made but by a weak one. This fect adopted all that was impure in the Herefy of the Gnoftics, and other Heretics of those times they acknowledged a power fu perior to that of the Creator; the former they called Wisdom; the latter, Inferior Virtue they had a particular veneration for Korah, Abiram, Efau, Lot, the Sodomites, and and efpecially Judas, becaufe his treachery occafioned the death of Jefus Chrift: they even made ufe of a Gofpel which bore that falfe Apoftle's name. No. XI. BANIAN S. A Religious fect, in the empire of the Mogul, who believe a Metempfychofis, and will therefore eat no living creature, nor even kill noxious animals; but endeavour to release them when in the hands of others. The Banians are faid to be so fearful of having communications with other nations, that they |