According to Marcion, the god of the Old Testament, whom he called the Demiurge, the creator of the material universe, is a jealous tribal deity of the Jews, whose law represents legalistic reciprocal justice and who punishes mankind for its sins through suffering and death.

Marcion, on the contrary, treats the Catholic Church as one that 'follows the Testament of the Creator-God,' and directs the full force of his attack against this Testament and against the falsification of the Gospel and of the Pauline Epistles.

Marcion of Pontus (flourished 2nd century ce, Asia Minor) was a Christian heretic. Although Marcion is known only through reports and quotations from his orthodox opponents, especially Tertullian ’s Adversus Marcionem (“Against Marcion”), the principal outlines of …

2022年1月4日 · What Marcion was endorsing was a radical discontinuity between Old Testament Judaism and the message of Jesus and the apostle Paul. Marcion also affirmed a form of Docetism, a view that Jesus was not truly a man but only appeared to be human.

Overview of Marcionism, the 'heretical' Christian Church established by Marcion of Sinope. Discussion of its teachings, its extent, and its relations with the rest of Christendom. Includes an explanation of its overlap with Gnosticism.

Marcion of Sinope (ca. 110-160 C.E.) was a Christian theologian who was excommunicated by the early church at Rome as a heretic; Nevertheless, his teachings were influential during the second century, and a few centuries after, thus forming a counter-point to emerging orthodoxy.

Marcion wrote the Antitheses to show the differences between the god of the Old Testament and the true God. Marcion was excommunicated from the Roman church c. 144 CE, but he succeeded in establishing churches of his own to rival the catholic Church for the next two centuries.

Marcion believed the Old Testament creator god (whom he referred to as the Demiurge) acted inconsistently with the loving nature of the New Testament Father. Consequently, Marcion rejected the Hebrew Scriptures entirely, dismissing them as incompatible with the teachings and ministry of Jesus.

2009年10月12日 · Marcion's teaching, known as Marcionism, was that Jesus revealed to the world a hitherto unknown god, who was different from the god of the Hebrew Bible. According …

2024年8月15日 · Discover how Marcion's apostasy shaped early Christianity and explore its lasting effects. Understand the shifts and challenges faced by the early church in responding …