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56: 1303:, a selection of ten epistles of Paul the Apostle, which were also slightly shorter than the canonical text. Early Christians such as Irenaeus, Tertullian, and Epiphanius claimed that Marcion's editions of Luke and the Pauline epistles were intentionally edited by Marcion to match his theological views, and many modern scholars agree. However, some scholars argue that Marcion's texts were not substantially edited by him, and may in some respects represent an earlier version of these texts than the canonical versions. Like the 390: 1336:). God is thus intimately connected to and part of his creation. Salvation lies in turning away from the physical world (which Gnostics regard as an illusion) and embracing the godlike qualities within oneself. Marcion, by contrast, held that the Heavenly Father (the father of Jesus Christ) was an utterly alien God; he had no part in making the world, nor any connection with it. According to 1314:
The centrality of the Pauline epistles in Marcion's canon reflects the fact that Marcion considered Paul to be the correct interpreter and transmitter of Jesus' teachings, in contrast to the Twelve Disciples and the early Jerusalem church. In Marcion's view, the other apostles were under the auspices
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and was accordingly excommunicated by his father, prompting him to leave his home town. Some scholars have taken this "seduction of a virgin" as a metaphor for Marcion's corruption of the Christian Church, with the Church portrayed as the undefiled virgin, and that Marcion apparently has become "the
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Conf. Beyschlag, Karlmann. "Herkunft und Eigenart der Papiasfragmente." Pages 268–80 in Studia Patristica 4: Papers Presented to the 3rd International Conference on Patristic Studies at Christ Church, Oxford, 21–26 September 1959. Edited by Frank L. Cross. TU 79. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1961, p.
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and entirely opposed to the scriptures of Judaism. Marcion did not claim that these were false. Instead, he asserted that they were entirely true, but were to be read in an absolutely literalistic manner, one which led him to develop an understanding that Yahweh was not the same God spoken of by
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philosopher. In some essential respects, Marcion proposed ideas which aligned well with Gnostic thought. Like the Gnostics, he believed that Jesus was essentially a divine spirit who appeared to human beings in human form, but did not actually take on a fleshly human body.
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and who punishes mankind for its sins through suffering and death. In contrast, the God that Jesus professed is an altogether different being, a universal God of compassion and love who looks upon humanity with benevolence and mercy. Marcion also produced a book titled
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However, Marcionism conceptualizes God in a way which cannot be reconciled with broader Gnostic thought. For Gnostics, some human beings are born with a small piece of God's soul lodged within their spirit (akin to the notion of a
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system of belief around the year 144. This notion of two gods—a higher transcendent one and a lower world-creator and ruler—allowed Marcion to reconcile his perceived contradictions between Christian
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and childhood. Interestingly, it did contain some Jewish elements, and material that challenged Marcion's ditheism—a fact that was exploited by early Christians in their polemics against Marcion.
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victim of the historicisation of such a metaphor, even though it contradicts the otherwise firm tradition of his strict sexual probity". Doubtful is Tertullian's claim in
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The Lost Edition of the Letters of Paul: A Reassessment of the Text of Pauline Corpus Attested by Marcion (Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series No. 21)
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manner, i.e. that Jesus' body was only an imitation of a material body, and consequently denied Jesus' physical and bodily birth, death, and resurrection.
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In contrast to other leaders of the nascent Christian Church, however, Marcion declared that Christianity was in complete discontinuity with
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and taught that the one who was proclaimed as God by the Law and the Prophets is not the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" (
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Marcion, on the Restitution of Christianity: An Essay on the Development of Radical Paulist Theology in the Second Century
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A general survey of the History of the Canon of the New Testament, during the first four centuries
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The Marcionite church expanded greatly within Marcion's lifetime, becoming a major rival to the
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to the congregation there. Conflicts with the church of Rome arose and he was eventually
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asking where Adam was, proved that Yahweh inhabited a physical body and was without
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writes that "a certain Cerdo, originating from the Simonians, came to Rome under
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Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew
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Marcion held Jesus to be the son of the Heavenly Father but understood the
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Marcion and the New Testament: An Essay in the Early History of the Canon
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How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
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Das älteste Evangelium und die Entstehung der kanonischen Evangelien
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and Evan's introduction "Marcion : His Doctrine and Influence"
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Forerunners and Rivals of Christianity, From 330 B.C. to 330 A.D.
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view does not appear to have been the typical view of Gnostics."
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S. Ephraim's Prose Refutations of Mani, Marcion, and Bardaisan
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which historically is claimed to be an edited version of the
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Joseph B. Tyson, Anti-Judaism in Marcion and his Opponents
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Williams, David Salter. "Reconsidering Marcion's Gospel",
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The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis, Book 1 (Sects 1-46)
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According to Christian sources, Marcion's teacher was the
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or antichrist, and he was excommunicated by the church of
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This made Marcionism a catalyst in the process of the
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Il volto del Cristo dualista. Da Marcione ai catari
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Marcion
Marcion (software)
Marcian of Pontus

Eisler
Morgan Library
Sinope
Bithynia and Pontus
Roman Empire
Roman Anatolia
Gospel of Marcion
Patristic age
Marcionism
Dualism
Nontrinitarianism
/ˈmɑːrkiən,-siən/
Ancient Greek
theologian
early Christianity
God
Jesus Christ
Demiurge
Paul the Apostle
apostle
Marcionism
Early Church Fathers
Justin Martyr
Irenaeus
Tertullian
heretic

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