Marcion of Sinope

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Marcion of Sinope was a 2nd-century Christian theologian whose radical teachings, including a sharp distinction between the God of the Hebrew Bible and the God revealed by Jesus, led to one of the earliest major Christian heresies.

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Marcion 2
Marcion of Sinope canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian heresiarch
Christian theologian
religious leader
activePeriod 2nd century
activityLocation Asia Minor NERFINISHED
Rome NERFINISHED
birthDate c. 85 CE
birthPlace Asia Minor NERFINISHED
Pontus NERFINISHED
Sinope NERFINISHED
canon collection of ten Pauline epistles
edited version of the Gospel of Luke
excluded the Hebrew Bible from Christian scripture
deathDate c. 160 CE
declaredHeresyBy proto-orthodox Christian church
ethicalTeaching prohibition of marriage for clergy and advanced believers
strict asceticism
excommunicatedFrom Roman Christian community
early Catholic Church NERFINISHED
founded Marcionite Church NERFINISHED
influenced development of the New Testament canon
early Christian heresiology
knownFor Marcionism NERFINISHED
dualistic theology
influence on early Christian debates about canon and doctrine
proposing one of the earliest Christian canons of scripture
rejection of the Hebrew Bible as Christian scripture
teaching a radical distinction between the God of the Hebrew Bible and the God revealed by Jesus
legacy considered one of the earliest major Christian heretics
forced early Christians to clarify the relationship between Old and New Testaments
prompted the church to define a more fixed New Testament canon
movement Marcionism NERFINISHED
name Marcion of Sinope NERFINISHED
occupation shipowner
opposedBy Irenaeus of Lyons NERFINISHED
Polycarp of Smyrna NERFINISHED
Roman church leaders
Tertullian NERFINISHED
origin wealthy background
religion Christianity
theologicalPosition advocated a strict separation between law and gospel
denied the true humanity of Christ
held a docetic view of Christ
rejected the authority of most Jewish-Christian traditions
rejected the idea that Christ fulfilled Old Testament prophecy
rejected the identification of the God of Jesus with the creator God of the Hebrew Bible
taught that the Father of Jesus was a higher, good, and merciful God
taught that the God of the Hebrew Bible was a lower, just, and legalistic deity
writingsKnownThrough Irenaeus’s Adversus Haereses NERFINISHED
Tertullian’s Adversus Marcionem NERFINISHED
later patristic reports

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Marcionism foundedBy Marcion of Sinope
Gnosticism hasKeyFigure Marcion of Sinope
this entity surface form: Marcion
Adversus Marcionem mainSubject Marcion of Sinope
this entity surface form: Marcion