Ebionites

The Ebionites ( Greek : Ἐβιωναῖοι, also called Ebionites) were members of an early Judeo-Christian religious order active in the Land of Israel and neighboring countries from the 1st to the 4th century AD. According to what is reported about them, they saw Jesus only as the Messiah and not the Son of God and demanded that the laws of the Law of Moses be observed.

There is not much information about the Ebionites and it stems largely from the harsh criticism leveled at them by the Church Fathers , who considered them outright heretics .Some scholars believe that this class split from the mainstream of Christianity and tended to return to Jewish sources., while others believe that the group was a direct continuation of the early church but was pushed out of the fold by the followers of Paul, who advocated the nullification of the Torah..