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- A "long line of scholars" have rejected the traditional view that the Gospel of Marcion was a revision of the Gospel of Luke, and instead argued that it reflects an early version of Luke later expanded into its canonical form. [ 21 ]
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Marcion believed there was one true gospel which had been corrupted into many versions. He explained the corruption on the basis of Galatians in which Paul emphasizes that there is only one gospel ( 1:8-10 ) and states that false brethren are attempting to turn believers from this gospel ( 1:6-7 ).
The Gospel of Marcion, called by its adherents the Gospel of the Lord, or more commonly the Gospel, was a text used by the mid-2nd-century Christian teacher Marcion of Sinope to the exclusion of the other gospels.
Mar 28, 2008 · In that connection, Marcion has commanded attention on two major topics: the church’s appropriation of the scriptures of Judaism (which it came to call the ‘Old Testament’), and the emergence of a canon of specifically Christian scriptures (a ‘New Testament’).
- Harry Gamble
- 2006
In bringing together these texts, Marcion redacted what is perhaps the first New Testament canon on record, which he called the Gospel and the Apostolikon, which reflects his belief in the writings of Jesus and the apostle Paul respectively.
Marcion's list and theology were rejected as heretical by the early church; however, he forced other Christians to consider which texts were canonical and why. He spread his beliefs widely; they became known as Marcionism.
Oct 24, 2013 · Marcion holds a lasting legacy for Christians as the inventor of the New Testament. Jason BeDuhn, author of The First New Testament: Marcion’s Scriptural Canon, argues that Marcion not only put together the very first Christian canon of scriptures, he gave Christianity very idea of doing so.
Marcion’s Gospel as demonstrating his theologically-driven or heretically-driven perversity, as they represented it. It is, therefore, misleading to suppose that Marcion’s Gospel has survived and is available for comparative analysis, as one might with the canonical Gospels.
