Originally Posted by FlamingZword
the following groups baptized in the name of Jesus.
Ebionites 80 AD 4th century, Jewish Christian sect, considered heretical.
Montanists 135 AD 8th century, widespread in the Roman Empire, crushed by force.
Valentinians 136 AD 7th century, a very large body of believers, spread in the Empire.
Marcionites 144 AD 7th century, they flourished in the east, died out.
Apelletians 2nd Century - ? branched off from the Marcionites, died out.
Marcosians 2nd Century 4th century, a branch of the Valentinians, died out.
Samosatenes 260 AD 5th century, left Jesus’s baptism, returned to Catholic Church.
Monarchians late 2nd century early 5th century, outnumbered Catholics in the 3rd century.
Patripassians late 2nd century 3rd century, maybe an earlier name for Monarchians.
Artemonites late 2nd century 16th century, died out.
Sabellians early 3rd century 5th century, an offshoot of Monarchism.
Donatists 311 AD 7th century, the largest Christian group in North Africa.
Arians 320 AD 8th century, some part, they were finally crushed by military force.
Priscillianists 350 AD 700 AD, strong in the Iberian Peninsula, persecuted to extinction.
Paulicians 657 AD 19th century, Military force and persecution destroyed them.
Bogomils 900 AD 1400 AD, an offshoot of the Euchites, persecuted to extinction.
Albigensians 11th century 13th century, mostly in France, crushed by the inquisition.
Cathari 12th century 15th century, flourished in Western Europe, crushed by the inquisition.
Anabaptists 1523 AD end of 16th century, crushed by military force and the inquisition.
In 1565 AD there was in Morovia an International Federation of Apostolic Churches.
The halcyon church 1802 - ?, Columbia, North America
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