| − | '''Mandaeans''' represent a [[Religion|religious]] [[sect]] that views [[Jesus]] as a false [[messiah]] but revere [[John the Baptist]], who, according to their doctrine, performed [[miracle]]s of healing through baptism, which the Mandaeans of the first century viewed as a magical process giving immortality, purification, and physical health. There is historical evidence that the sect of the Mandaeans predated the first century of [[Christianity]]. '''Mandaeism''' or '''Mandaeanism''' since that time has professed a form of [[Gnosticism]]. | + | '''Mandaeans''' represent a [[Religion|religious]] [[sect]] that views [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]] as a false [[messiah]] but revere [[John the Baptist]], who, according to their doctrine, performed [[miracle]]s of healing through baptism, which the Mandaeans of the first century viewed as a magical process giving immortality, purification, and physical health. There is historical evidence that the sect of the Mandaeans predated the first century of [[Christianity]]. '''Mandaeism''' or '''Mandaeanism''' since that time has professed a form of [[Gnosticism]]. |