Also known as the Abelonians, they were a sect in North Africa which claimed that Adam's son, Abel, though married, observed continence because there is no mention of his children in Scripture. They condemned marriage, considering it a means of perpetuating original sin, but adopted children.
- from the New Catholic Dictionary; it has the Imprimatur of Cardinal Patrick Hayes, Archdiocese of New York, New York, 1 October 1929; this is part of a series of articles on heresies and blasphemies