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Bible Encyclopedias
Mogtasilah
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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		(i.e., those who wash themselves) is a name which mediaeval Arabic writers gave to a sect of Christians' said to have flourished on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. Recent investigations render it probable that they were the Zabians (from צבע = טבע , βαπτίζειν, to wash), or Mendceans (q.v.) of the present day.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Mogtasilah'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​m/mogtasilah.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
		
	McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Mogtasilah'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​m/mogtasilah.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.