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The progression as I see it: Mark appears to have Jesus becoming the Christ in conjunction with the dove descending upon him at his baptism. Matthew has Jesus being one with Christ from his human birth. John has Jesus being the Christ from eternity past. Luke is self-admittedly merely a later attemp...

MrMacSon wrote:Perhaps it didn't. Much of the early action seems to have been in Asia Minor & Bithynia-Pontus.

Thanks for all of this! But wasn't the Bishop of Rome considered throughout history (Catholic at least) to be the Pope?

How and why did a church which was being persecuted in Rome decide to headquarter itself in Rome?

I believe that it is only quite recently that Matthias Klinghardt has come to the conclusion that Marcion preceded Mark. In most of what can be found on the internet it appears that he is still of the opinion that Marcion built upon Mark as his base and only influenced Matthew and Luke.

Who confirmed that Mark was earlier? Present day researchers seem to be coming around to believing that Marcion's Gospel of the Lord came first.

Matthias Klinghardt and Markus Vinzent for example.

April D. DeConick has an interesting take on John 8:44. She states that the literal translation is: "You are from the father of the Devil." Here is the link to her fascinating dissertation on this subject. Click on the "View/Open" hyperlink within. https://scholarship.rice.edu/ha...

Markus Vinzent published a paper awhile back titled "Marcion, The Jew".

It's more than just Paul speaking from beyond the grave. I actually get the perception that Paul himself is speaking as a (or perhaps even "the") risen one. It is difficult to convey this by grabbing at random passages as if they were straws of coherent content in order to place them befor...

Another perception I have when reading Paul's letters is that (at least in some of them) he appears to be speaking from beyond the grave.

DCH, your provided website link will be of great help to me. I now know that I'm not alone in my thinking, as it is clear that you have traveled down this road well before me. Thanks for the link!!!