What does "marcionism" mean?

An early Christian following akin to but distinct from gnosticism which rejected the validity of the Old Testament and essentially denied the Trinity, regarding God the Father as an inferior demiurge, and that Jesus had nothing to do with the First Person of the Trinity.

How do you pronounce "marcionism"?

Pronounced //ˈmɑːʃənɪz(ə)m//.

Marcionism

Q: What is a synonym for "marcionism"?

Common synonyms include: academic subject, belief, doctrinal deviation, doctrine, heresy, movement.

/ˈmɑːʃənɪz(ə)m/ noun

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Noun

1
An early Christian following akin to but distinct from gnosticism which rejected the validity of the Old Testament and essentially denied the Trinity, regarding God the Father as an inferior demiurge, and that Jesus had nothing to do with the First Person of the Trinity. uncountable
"Gnosticism and Marcionism offered two possible futures for the Jesus cult."
2
the Christian heresy of the 2nd and 3rd centuries that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Jesus as a human wordnet

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academic subject belief doctrinal deviation doctrine heresy movement

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catholic tradition mainstream Christianity nonacademic subject orthodoxy

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"Gnosticism and Marcionism offered two possible futures for the Jesus cult."

Etymology

From Marcion + -ism.

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