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Epiphanius , whose writing is the main source for finding fragments of the Gospel of the Ebionites, emphasises the distinction between the Gospel of the Ebionites and that of the Nazoraeans. According to Epiphanius, the Nazoraeans were considered part of the Christian orthodoxy, whereas the Ebionites were considered heretics, and so it is clear that there must have been theological and doctrinal differences between the two, related, Gospels. The text appears, as far as can be determined, to be an attempt to harmonise the Synoptic Gospels into a single story. However, it has minor changes suited to Ebionite theology, specifically making Jesus a Vegetarian , and rendering him in the Adoptionist form. Much of these changes are accomplished by clever and subtle changes of greek words, such as a meal of ''akris'' (''locusts'') into one of egkris (''cake''). Epiphanius specifies that the Gospel of the Ebionites also lacked the nativity story in Matthew - which may indicate that the Ebionites cut it, but may also be a testimony to an earlier, nativity free, version of Matthew, on which the Ebionite Gospel is based. These differences were considered heretical by the more orthodox church, leading to charges that the text was forged and mutilated. Ultimately, it suffered the same fate as the Ebionites, whatever that was. SEE ALSO |
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