Amsdorfians

The Amsdorfians were an early sect of Protestant Christians, who took their name from the 16th-century German reformer Nicolaus von Amsdorf. They maintained that good works were not only unprofitable, but obstacles, to salvation. The Amsdorfians were rigid confessionists.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Amsdorfians". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
• Charles Buck, Theological Dictionary