cainites

The Cainites were a Gnostic and Antinomian sect who were known to worship Cain as the first victim of the Demiurge, i.e. the Old Testament God, identified by the gnostics as evil. The sect was never very large. They were mentioned by Tertullian and Irenaeus as existing in the eastern Roman Empire during the 2nd century. Cainites is also a term used by some adherents of "Christian Identity" groups to disparage Jews.

Source texts on the Cainites

Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.31.1-2
Epiphanius of Salamis, Panarion 38
Hippolytus, Against Hereies 8
Pseudo-Tertullian, Against All Heresies 7
Tertullian, On Baptism 1.

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