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- Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:35 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
- Replies: 90
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Re: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
One possibility (possibly wrong) is that Marcion (or his literary aid/s) worked from a manuscript of Luke and from a manuscript of Matthew to attempt to present the authentic, un-interpolated original Gospel. Assuming he worked from those manuscripts, then: what was he working with ? Insight, revel...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:35 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 1878
Re: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
That, I think, is Marcionism. I am Marcion, the Man of Pontus, because we are all Marcion, Man of Pontus. Each of us attempts to recreate the world to fit how we can best economize it to suite our understanding of it so we can cope and survive. Marcion is human psychology. Marcion is human philosop...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:58 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Paul's use of or references to 'gospel'
- Replies: 11
- Views: 293
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 4:03 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Paul's use of or references to 'gospel'
- Replies: 11
- Views: 293
Re: Paul's use of or references to 'gospel'
Galatians 2:7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 12:39 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 1878
Re: Implications of Marcion for early Christianity?
Reading Marcion's, 'Jesus came down to Capernaum', as a literal, flesh and blood journey, sounds strange to the ear - i.e. we use that sort of expression often (i.e. my sister came down to London - from up north somewhere or another). Since Marcion's gospel found no use for birth narratives - perha...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Book 6.5.3 of Wars of the Jews.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 429
Re: Book 6.5.3 of Wars of the Jews.
I suspect that Josephus was implying that God was about to put His weight behind the Roman side, with Vespasian as God's new favorite.Joseph D. L. wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:06 amMakes you wonder where God is going when he strolls on out of the Temple. Weird that Jesus ben Ananias appears, stage right and on his mark.
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:02 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Book 6.5.3 of Wars of the Jews.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 429
Re: Book 6.5.3 of Wars of the Jews.
Josephus also implies that God had removed Himself from the Temple. This is consistent with what he wrote about how God had abandoned Jerusalem and the Temple due to the actions of robbers and the High Priests: At the same festival also, a heifer, as she was led by the high priest to be sacrificed, ...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:00 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The Temptation Story in Mark is anti-marcionite
- Replies: 49
- Views: 805
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:00 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The Temptation Story in Mark is anti-marcionite
- Replies: 49
- Views: 805
Re: The Temptation Story in Mark is anti-marcionite
Ebionism is a post-Marcion phenomenon... Yes, that's why I wrote "Ebion-like". I believe the Ebionites were the continuation of the beliefs of the original Christians, even if modified by time. This is because the letters that appear to either be written before the Gospels or were unaffec...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:13 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The Temptation Story in Mark is anti-marcionite
- Replies: 49
- Views: 805
Re: The Temptation Story in Mark is anti-marcionite
The point is the same of Hebrews 4:15: Jesus is fully human, only remember that the his humanity was without sin. You don't need to explain that his humanity was without sin, unless you are addressing people who did n't accept a human Jesus, i.e. Marcionites . A 'Jesus without sin" is consiste...