Making sense of the Pauline Epistles

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andrewcriddle
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Re: Making sense of the Pauline Epistles

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lsayre wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:56 am Although scholars today do not generally associate Marcion with a Gnostic movement, it seems fair to presume that this was not the prevailing opinion of the proto-Orthodox.
It may be a matter of terminology. The proto-Orthodox saw Marcion as part of a broader heretical tradition large parts of which were Gnostic. I'm doubtful whether Marcion was regarded as a Gnostic as such.

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