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Effrontes

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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an obscure Transylvanian sect of the sixteenth century, who not only denied the Holy Ghost, but, among other fooleries, cut their foreheads and anointed them with oil as a mode of initiation. Hence their name "exfrons" out of the brow (Eadie, Eccl. Cyclop. s.v.).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Effrontes'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​e/effrontes.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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