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Marcion

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[mahr-shuhn, -shee-uhn, -see-uhn] / ˈmɑr ʃən, -ʃi ən, -si ən /

noun

  1. a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.


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Jesus, Marcion believed, appeared fully grown in Capernaum to the fishermen who would become the first Disciples.

From Time Magazine Archive

They expelled Marcion from the church, handing him back his charity.

From Time Magazine Archive

To buttress his beliefs, Marcion purged the miasma of texts Christians used as Scripture to form a "new" testament.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not so, said Marcion, who deleted even Luke's accounts of the child Jesus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Marcion was evidently Persian and used Mithraic symbolism.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.

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