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Definition of Marcionite

Marcionite
Marcionite Mar"cion*ite, n. (Eccl. Hist) A follower of Marcion, a Gnostic of the second century, who adopted the Oriental notion of the two conflicting principles, and imagined that between them there existed a third power, neither wholly good nor evil, the Creator of the world and of man, and the God of the Jewish dispensation. --Brande & C.

Meaning of Marcionite from wikipedia

- yet to be compiled. Pauline epistles enjoy a prominent position in the Marcionite canon, since Paul was considered by Marcion to be Christ's only true apostle...
- led astray — but that he was prevented from doing so by his death. The Marcionite church expanded greatly within Marcion's lifetime, becoming a major rival...
- suggest that it was created in response to the Marcionite epistle; it would be easier to reject the Marcionite version if the "real" Epistle to the Laodiceans...
- gospel was a later revised version of the Gospel of Luke rather than with Marcionite Priority. Marcion of Sinope (c. 85 – c. 160) is considered to be the founder...
- The anti-Marcionite prologues are three short prefaces to the gospels of Mark, Luke and John. No prologue to Matthew is known. They were originally written...
- Gospel of Marcion, called by its adherents the Gospel or Evangelion, a Marcionite text Gospel Book, a codex volume containing one or more of the Gospels...
- However, at some point, Apelles either left or was expelled from the Marcionite church. According to Tertullian, this separation occurred because Apelles...
- about its content. Non-Pauline Epistle to the Laodiceans versions: The Marcionite Epistle to the Laodiceans. The Muratorian fragment (2nd century CE) denounces...
- [2003]. "At Polar Ends of the Spectrum: Early Christian Ebionites and Marcionites". Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never...
- of second-hand quotations and paraphrases to the text as found in anti-Marcionite writings by orthodox Christian apologists, especially Tertullian, Epiphanius...