Marcionism and Modern Marcionism
If you are not familiar with Marcion, he is best known for his work on the text and canon of the Bible. He rejected the OT as a Christian book and collected the earliest known Christian canon, composed of an abbreviated version of Luke's Gospel and ten edited Pauline epistles (lacking the Pastorals). He presented his theological views in the Antitheses, in which he set out contradictions between the OT and the NT. His works do not survive, so his positions must be reconstructed from the refutations made by his opponents, the fullest of which is Tertullian's five books Against Marcion.
Marcion was convinced that Paul was the only true apostle and that the original twelve, by ‘Judaizing', became false apostles. Galatians was placed first in his collection of Paul's letters. The opening words of the Antitheses, ‘O wealth of riches! rapture, power, amazement! seeing that there can be nothing to say about it, or to imagine about it, or to compare to it!' expresses his wonder before the Pauline gospel of grace. From Paul, Marcion deduced an exaggerated contrast between law and gospel. In agreement with his contemporary Aquila of Pontus, he practiced a literal interpretation of Scripture, rejecting all allegory. Marcion went far beyond Paul in concluding that there are two Gods: the God of the OT, the Creator, who is a God of law and justice and who predicted the Jewish Messiah; and the previously unknown God of the NT, the Father of Jesus Christ, who is a God of mercy and salvation.
Unfortunately, these teachings live on in the body of Christ today. Sections of scripture, books of scripture, and at times entire testaments of scripture are looked at as inferior, uninspired, or in some extreme cases even considered fallible. So we discuss historic Marcionism so that we can have the discernment to detect the modern nuance of modern Marcionism.
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