Questions have been raised as to the historical accuracy of the name and sect, though the term was applied broadly to the Zwickau Prophets.
[2][3] They rejected every other means of instruction, and claimed that to be saved one must even be ignorant of the first letters of the alphabet; whence their name, A-B-C-darians.
[2] They also considered the study of theology as a species of idolatry, and regarded learned men who did any preaching as falsifiers of God's word.
[citation needed] Nicholas Storch led this sect, preaching that the teaching of the Holy Spirit was all that was necessary.
In The Adventures of Tintin graphic novel The Calculus Affair, Captain Haddock uses the word "Abecedarian" as an epithet.