Subject: Marcion and Christianity today
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 00:34:05 +0000
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From:          Darrell Conder
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Subject:       Marcion and Christianity today

>From Eddie:
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        Many bible believing Christians are unaware that alot of the
law / grace doctrine within the church today was heavily influenced
by a "church father" named Marcion. Below is a quote from the
New International Dictionary of the Christian Church on page 629
regarding Marcion. In his day, other "church fathers" regarded
Marcion as a heritic. In fact a book was written about the theology
of Marcion entitled, "Marcion and his lies".

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About Marcion's heresy, The New International Dictionary of the
Christian Church tells us on page 629, "Marcion stressed the
radical nature of Christianity vis-^-vis Judaism. In his
theology there existed a total discontinuity between the OT and
the NT, between Israel and the church, and even between the God
of the OT and the Father of Jesus. Jesus came to reveal
the true God, who was totally unknown up to the Incarnation. The
God of the OT, the demiurge, an inferior being who created
the material world and ruled over it, was not exactly an evil
being, but he was not good in the same sense as the God and
Father of Jesus, a God of love and grace."

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