Marcion the gospel of the alien god pdf merge

Marcion was critical in the emergence of the catholic church. However, tertullian and epiphanius lived several generations after marcion, and they assumed the new testament they read already existed in marcions era. Bierma, marcion, the gospel of the alien god, durham, labyrinth, 1990, 23. The gospel was a shorter version of the gospel of luke, but scholars are divided on whether the author of luke added material. Followers of marcion believed that the legalistic god of the hebrew bible was to be distinguished from the loving, unknown father god who sent jesus, and that law was opposed to gospel. In any event, this will at least provide the reader a general idea of what marcion s work antithesis may have been like. Marcions greatest contribution is the recognition that the god depicted in the old testament is not the one true god, nor the father spoken of by jesus. Marcions gospel and the beginnings of christianity professor markus vinzent inaugural lecture professor of the history of theology, kings college london 17 october 2012. The template infobox theologian is being considered for merging. Here phil harland explore marcionite forms of christianity, which contrast significantly to the judean forms. He published the first known canon of christian scriptures, which contained ten. Textual considerations marcion did not provide a title for his evangelion his gospel of the. The gospel of marcion, called by its adherents the gospel of the lord, was a text used by the mid2ndcentury christian teacher marcion of sinope to the exclusion of the other gospels.

For that, he is regarded as the greatest of heretics, or the wisest of the early christian writers, who almost single handedly put the apostle paul on the map. Publication date 1990 topics marcion, of sinope, 2nd cent. The gospel of the alien god 9781556357039 by adolf harnack, john e. Marcion preached that the god who sent jesus into the world was a different, higher deity.

Critics of marcion like tertullian and epiphanius complained that marcion cut and edited scripture to fit his beliefs. The gospel of marcion, called by its adherents the gospel of the lord, was a text used by the mid2nd century christian teacher marcion of sinope to the exclusion of the other gospels. Marcions teaching was condemned as heresy in the year 144. Marcions gospel, compared verse by verse with luke. Harnack is ordinary professor of church history in the university, and fellow of the royal academy of science, berlin. Pdf chapter 1 marcion from the gospel according to. Roth offers a new, critical reconstruction of marcions gospel on the basis of which significant issues in the study of early christianity can be considered anew.