[ad. med.L. alogiān-ī; f. Gr ἀλόγι-οι (f. ἀ priv. + λόγος translated ‘Word’ in John i. 1) + -AN; cf. christian.] One of an ancient sect who denied the divinity of the ‘Logos.’
1675. S. Colvil, Whigs Suppl. (1751), 142. And some prove Maximinians … Cerinthians and Alogians.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v., The alogians made their appearance towards the close of the second century.
1849. W. Fitzgerald, trans. Whitaker’s Disp., 34. The Alogians … would not acknowledge as God the Logos, whom John declares to be God.
