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<p> (children of the sun) were a sect found in Asia, and particularly in [[Armenia]] and the adjacent countries, where they had maintained themselves from the olden times; having sprung from a mixture of [[Zoroastrianism]] with a few elements of Christianity. They derived their name from their worship of the sun. ''Between 833 and 854 this sect took a new form and a new impulse from a person named Sembat, who settled at Thondrac, whence his sect received. the name of [[Thondracians]] (q.v.). </p> | <p> (children of the sun) were a sect found in Asia, and particularly in [[Armenia]] and the adjacent countries, where they had maintained themselves from the olden times; having sprung from a mixture of [[Zoroastrianism]] with a few elements of Christianity. They derived their name from their worship of the sun. ''Between 833 and 854 this sect took a new form and a new impulse from a person named Sembat, who settled at Thondrac, whence his sect received. the name of [[Thondracians]] (q.v.). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_20977"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/arivurdis Arivurdis from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_20977"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/arivurdis Arivurdis from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:56, 15 October 2021
Arivurdis [1]
(children of the sun) were a sect found in Asia, and particularly in Armenia and the adjacent countries, where they had maintained themselves from the olden times; having sprung from a mixture of Zoroastrianism with a few elements of Christianity. They derived their name from their worship of the sun. Between 833 and 854 this sect took a new form and a new impulse from a person named Sembat, who settled at Thondrac, whence his sect received. the name of Thondracians (q.v.).
