Marcion

Marcion of Sinope-- Missionary, Philosopher, and theologian, 85 – 160 C.E. Marcion was wealthy... something to do with the shipping business, created the very first Bible canon. Marcion was a very important figure in early Christianity, his theology was like a fuse that lights up the early church Fathers.

Marcion held the very first known council, he spent 5 years in hiding, writing his works. Marcion' own Father was the bishop of the Proto-orthodox Church in Sinope, excommunicated Marcion for his heretical views.

Marcion established Churches that swept Aisa Minor, and soon became a threat to proto-orthodoxy.

Early Impact

Theology

Marcion of Sinope-- held a dualist view, The God of the Old Testament, and Jesus was so much God he only seemed to be human, a phantasm of God. The God of the New Testament was Good and brought life, while the God of the Old Testament was an evil creator that brought destruction and death to mankind.

Rejecting Jewish traditions and law, adhering to Pauline grace and epistles, totally diverse of The Ebionites who upheld Jewish Law and traditions.

Marcion created the very first known canon of texts, and he was like a fuse that lights up the Proto-Orthodox Church. We chose to add Marcion under Translations as he had the very first Bible.

* Luke
* Galatians
* Romans
* Laodiceans (Ephesians)
* Philippians
* 1st and 2nd Thessalonians
* 1st and 2nd Corinthians
* Colossians
* Philemon

Many Christians today say Marcion altered texts; an Orthodox view, we have no proof that he did any such thing, only speculation, using Tertullian theology. Agnostic and Atheist scholars strongly disagree today with Tertullian and Orthodoxy in many areas of Tertullianism-- mostly in Lukes account, stating 'Proto-Orthodoxy could have altered the texts to reject the Docetic views.'

Tertullian writes 5 Books against Marcion