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Why did the "Baptism of John" bring (land) the Holy Spirit upon Jesus, but not bring the Holy Spirit upon anyone else?

Was daily Temple animal sacrifice intended to cover merely lesser, such as (for example) inadvertent sin, or all sin at all levels, no matter how grievous? If the latter, then why have prisons, or tortures on up to capital punishment? Why not simply sacrifice an animal or two (etc...) and call it a ...

It seems that at least a couple of the above are not actually Antithesis. Rather they are adding additions that go beyond the original but seem to still be in support the original. I can't fully accept that these are Marcion's Antithesis.

When and why did the Christian churches move services from Saturday to Sunday? Can this move be attributed to any individual?

What Do People Imagine Marcionism Looked Like If You Visited Their Synagogues?

I can only imagine it to be about as utterly boring and depressing and repetitive as any modern Christian church service.

Perhaps Satan and the Demiurge (Creator) are to be considered as 'one' in the very same sense as for which: "I (Jesus) and the Father are one." A sense which infers a father and (unique) son relationship in both cases. Per April D. DeConick a quite literal reading of the Koine/Greek 'Gospe...

Was Marcion's Evangelion violently suppressed and quite intentionally eradicated? If so, by Tertullian's time it may no longer have been available.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor This philosophical razor advocates that when presented with competing hypotheses about the same prediction, one should prefer the one that requires the fewest assumptions - Wikipedia In his article "Sensations and Brain Processes" (1959), J. J...

Mark 8:34 (to me) seems not related to Galatians 2:19 at all. It wouldn't surprise me if the actual verse 8:34 could be traced back to it's living and breathing source it was likely spoken more along lines like this: If anyone would come after me, let him denounce the occupation and take up his swor...

When I read Stephan's book a number of years ago I thought it was rather decently presented. It held my interest and educated me. I've never understood why Stephan has considered it an embarrassment for so many years now.