What is the best early Christian sect?

[Caliga]

Discuss.

[Liep]

Of those I've only heard of Arians but have no opinion on them. Can you inform me which is the Jaron option?

[Caliga]

Of those I've only heard of Arians but have no opinion on them. Can you inform me which is the Jaron option?

Definitely the Borborites.

[Duque de Bragança]

Missing the Adamites i.e celebrating the Mass naked and living naked in general, as well as Artotyrites: Eucharist with bread and cheese.

[Caliga]

Missing the Adamites i.e celebrating the Mass naked and living naked in general, as well as Artotyrites: Eucharist with bread and cheese.

I'd heard of the latter before but decided they were too minor to make the cut.  Never heard of the naked ancient Christian dudes though.

[Caliga]

Anyways, I've always been partial to my boy Marcion of Sinope.

[Duque de Bragança]

I suppose one could add Gnostics and Cathars as well, though it's not exactly clear if the Cathars are the last hurrah of Gnostics or just some weird manicheans turned Christians.

[Admiral Yi]

Sethians are featured quite prominently in the Aubrey/Maturin series.

[Barrister]

Sethians are featured quite prominently in the Aubrey/Maturin series.

I wouldn't say "quite prominently", but yes they have a minor role in one of the 20 books (I've been re-reading them).

[Admiral Yi]

I wouldn't say "quite prominently", but yes they have a minor role in one of the 20 books (I've been re-reading them).

I thought it was more than one book, and while they're around Obrian won't shut up about them.

[Tonitrus]

Wait...did the Arians come about after the time that the oceans drank Atlantis...or was that already in the age undreamed of?

[Barrister]

I wouldn't say "quite prominently", but yes they have a minor role in one of the 20 books (I've been re-reading them).

I thought it was more than one book, and while they're around Obrian won't shut up about them.

The Sethians are part of the Surprise's crew in the Letter of Marque.  There are a few different references to them, including a Rev Martin-as-narrator exposition on their beliefs.  They were briefly mentioned in the next book (Thirteen Gun Salute) and then nothing further IIRC (I'm on Nutmeg of Consolation at the moment).

[Razgovory]

It's kind of a weird poll if you don't include the types that actually survived.  Most of these are different flavors of gnostics.

[Valmy]

Ebionites of course :unitarian:

[Eddie Teach]

Null vote. Pelagians.