Encratite

historical

(historical) One of an ascetic 2nd-century sect of Christians who forbade marriage and counselled abstinence from meat.

Japanese Meaning

結婚を禁じ、肉食を断つことを教義とした、2世紀頃の禁欲主義的なキリスト教徒の一派を指す。

An Encratite often preached that strict self-denial, including forbidding marriage and abstaining from meat, brought one closer to God.

結婚を禁じ、肉食を慎むことを説いた2世紀の禁欲的なキリスト教派の信徒は、厳しい自制が人々を神に近づけるとしばしば説いた。

Sense（1）

(historical) One of an ascetic 2nd-century sect of Christians who forbade marriage and counselled abstinence from meat.

Encratites

（ plural ）