Luke 9:57-62: Odós to Marcion’s God?
The first few centuries of the Common Era saw great theological fluidity in emerging Christian doctrine. A figure looming large in many early controversies is Marcion of Pontus. Not considered truly gnostic by modern scholars, Marcion fueled the ire of early Church Fathers—Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, T...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2023
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Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
Year: 2023, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 371-390 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Marcion, Sinopensis ca. 2. Jh.
/ Bible. Lukasevangelium 9,57-62
/ Jesus Christus
/ God
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBC Doctrine of God NBF Christology |
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Kingdom / Realm of God
B Early Christianity B Marcion B Heresiology B Gospel of Luke |
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| Summary: | The first few centuries of the Common Era saw great theological fluidity in emerging Christian doctrine. A figure looming large in many early controversies is Marcion of Pontus. Not considered truly gnostic by modern scholars, Marcion fueled the ire of early Church Fathers—Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, and others—by spreading his apparently biblically-based, ditheistic theology of a superior Unknown Good God and an inferior Just Creator God. Additionally, Marcion’s gospel, generally considered a version of canonical Luke, witnesses the three Jesus sayings in Luke 9:57-62 (cf. Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4,23,9-11; Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 3,4,25). This article examines these sayings—in light of both ancient and modern commentary—as representing a collective theological way or ὁδός to ideate Marcion’s Unknown Good God. Today Marcion’s voice is faint, but in ancient Christianity it was exceedingly strong. This article attempts to find a hint of its former strength. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-961X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zac-2023-0023 |