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Marcionism

Marcionism

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An early Christian belief that rejects the Old Testament and denies that God became human in Jesus
  • noun
  • /ˈmɑrʃənˌɪzəm/
  • Specialized
: marcionismo
  • The influential ideas of Marcionism sparked significant controversies among early Christian theologians.

And so we don't know to what degree Marcionism got a foothold in Alexandria or in the Egyptian context.

Examples

  • And so we don't know to what degree Marcionism got a foothold in Alexandria or in the Egyptian context.

    Alex O'Connor

  • In the early church, many debates centered around the teachings of Marcionism, which rejected the Old Testament.

  • Historians study Marcionism to understand how early Christians viewed the relationship between the Old and New Testaments.

Surface Forms

Marcionism singular
Marcionisms plural

Morphology

Marcionism = Marcion (transparent) = Marcion + ism

Standard formation from a personal name plus the productive suffix '-ism' yielding 'the doctrine or system associated with Marcion.'

Etymology

Marcionism comes from the name Marcion, a 2nd-century Christian teacher who rejected the Old Testament and said God did not become a human in Jesus. The ending -ism means 'a system of beliefs', just like in Buddhism, so Marcionism is the belief system that follows Marcion's ideas.