Marcionite

American  

[mahr-shuh-nahyt] / ˈmɑr ʃəˌnaɪt /

Or Marcionist

noun

1. a member of a Gnostic ascetic sect that flourished from the 2nd to 7th century a.d. and that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Christ.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Marcionites or their doctrines.

Etymology

Origin of Marcionite

From the Late Latin word Marciōnīta, dating back to 1530–40. See Marcion, -ite ¹

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Example Sentences

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Marcionite

The Gnostic Schools and the Marcionite Church are to some extent the answer.

From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan

In the same way Marcion, although he made unscrupulous alterations in Luke in order to prove that it was really Marcionite, obviously accepted it as a genuine work of the apostolic age.

From The Books of the New Testament by Leighton Pullan

Marcion's Antitheses, which may still in part be reconstructed from Tertullian, Epiphanius, Adamantius, Ephraem, etc., possessed canonical authority in the Marcionite church, and therefore took the place of the Old Testament.

From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan

The Marcionite Church therefore had a founder, the Catholic has none.

From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan

Now Melito lived in the very thick of the Marcionite controversy, and must have taken his part in it.

From Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" by Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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