Marcionism

Mar·cion·ism

M0103100 (mär′shə-nĭz′əm)n. A Christian heresy of the second and third centuries ad that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Jesus as a human.

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[After Marcion (died c. ad 160), Pontic merchant and heretic in Rome.]

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Mar′cion·ite′ (-shə-nīt′) n.

Marcionism

(ˈmɑːʃəˌnɪzəm) n (Theology) a Gnostic movement of the 2nd and 3rd centuries ad[C16: after Marcion of Sinope, 2nd-century Gnostic]

Marcionism

the beliefs of an anti-Semitic Gnostic sect in the early Christian church. — Marcionite, n., adj.See also: Christianity

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Marcionism - the Christian heresy of the 2nd and 3rd centuries that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Jesus as a humanheresy, unorthodoxy - a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religiontheological doctrine - the doctrine of a religious group