Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1897 — SECTARIAN NAMES. [ARTICLE]

SECTARIAN NAMES.

The Agnostic is so named because he claims that we can know nothing or the supernatural, of God, or of a future state. The Macedonians, a sect of Christians in the early centuries, were led by Macedonius, the Patriarch of Constantinople. The Cameronians, a ScQttish sect, were called from their leader, Archibald Cameron, who was put to death in 1688. The Lollards, a sect of reformers, were named after Walter Lollard, or Lorillard, who Was burned for heresy iu 1322. The Polytheist took his name from two Greek words signifying many gods. The Polytheist believed in the plurality of deities. The Sabbatarians were so called from their observing the seventh day as the Sabbath. Their founder was named Braboune. The Trapplsts were so called from La Trappe, the French district in which their first monastic establishment was founded. The Irvingites had their name from Edward Irving, a religions teacher and expounder of prophecies; bom 1792, died 1834. The Adamites, a sect of the fourteenth century, were named from one Picard, who called himself Adam, the Son of God. The Baptists had their name from John the Baptist, they claiming to perform the rite of baptism in the manner that he did. The word Atheist comes from two Greek words signifying “no god.” An Atheist Is a disbeliever in the existence of any deity. The I'.edeinptorist Fathers, also known aj Liguorlans, had their name from St. Francis Liguori, who founded the order in 1732. The 11. itarians were thus named because tb«y denied the doctrine of the Trinity. In theory they are opposed to the Trill -.arians. The Arlans had their name from Aldus, who died A. D. 336. Their main doctrine was a disbelief in the divine nature of Jesus Christ