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Ctistolatrae

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(κτιστολάραι l, called also, from their founder, Gajanitae) were a subdivision 'of the Aphthartodocetca (q.v.), themselves a sect of the Monophysites, who, in opposition to the Aktistetae, taught that the body of Christ was created. See Hagenbach, Hist. of Doctrines, 1:281, Clark's translation; Dorner, Person of Christ, div. 2, volume 1, page 131; Herzog, Real-Encyklop. 9:749.