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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forCerdoniansA sect named after the Syrian Cerdo, who appeared in Rome in 138 A.D. A body of ascetics, they declined to marry, to drink wine, or to eat meat. They held that the birth and sufferings of Jesus were mere appearance. citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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