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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Label Occurrences
Marcion of Sinope canonical 4
Marcion 2

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Statements (51)

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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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ