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 of Sinope canonical 4
Marcion 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian heresiarch
Christian theologian
religious leader
activePeriod 2nd century
activityLocation Asia Minor
Rome
birthDate c. 85 CE
birthPlace Asia Minor
Pontus
Sinope
linked to: Sinop
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
linked to: Early Christians
founded Marcionite Church
linked to: Marcionism
influenced development of the New Testament canon
early Christian heresiology
knownFor Marcionism
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
name Marcion of Sinope
occupation shipowner
opposedBy Irenaeus of Lyons
Polycarp of Smyrna
Roman church leaders
Tertullian
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
linked to: Against Heresies

Tertullian’s Adversus Marcionem
linked to: Adversus Marcionem

later patristic reports

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Marcionism foundedBy Marcion of Sinope
Gnosticism hasKeyFigure Marcion
linked to: Marcion of Sinope
Adversus Marcionem mainSubject Marcion
linked to: Marcion of Sinope
Marcion of Sinope name Marcion of Sinope
Marcion's Gospel associatedWith Marcion of Sinope
Marcion's Gospel usedBy Marcion of Sinope