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Bereans or Beroeans , members of a Protestant religious sect founded in Scotland by John Barclay c.1773. They took their name from the community mentioned in Acts 17.10-13. They held the main Calvinist doctrines and placed great emphasis on the study of the Scriptures. The sect is extinct.

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Bereans, also known as Barclayans and Barclayites. A religious sect founded at Edinburgh in 1773 by J. Barclay and so called from their zeal in studying the Bible (cf. Acts 17: 10 f.). Berean communities were established in London and Bristol as well as in Scotland, but after Barclay's death (1798) they soon melted away, mainly merging with the Congregationalists.

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