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... martyr faithful. After him succeeds A comrade in the law, and master sure: 375 When lo! the comrade of your wickedness, Its author and forerunner-Cerdo highs- Arrived at Rome, smarting with recent wounds: Detected, for that he was scattering Voices and words of venom stealthily: 380 For which ...

... virgin. He, starting from the fact that it is said, “Every good tree beareth good fruit, but an evil evil,” attempted to approve the heresy of Cerdo; so that his assertions are identical with those of the former heretic before him. After him arose one Lucan by name, a follower and disciple ...

... evidence. Could a Marcionite writer be totally unaware of Marcion's thought on the matter? I have no idea what this is in reference to, sorry. Cerdo, considered by Tertullian as Marcion's predecessor, also believed Jesus on earth did not have a blood family. So I cannot see how you can squeeze ...

... do you have gMarcion was not written initially by Marcion? Could a Marcionite writer be totally unaware of Marcion's thought on the matter? Cerdo, considered by Tertullian as Marcion's predecessor, also believed Jesus on earth did not have a blood family. So I cannot see how you can squeeze ...

... καρποὺς πονηροὺς ποιεῖν» καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς, εἰς τοῦτο φάσκων εἰρῆσθαι <ταῦτα>, τὰ ὑπ' αὐτοῦ κακῶς νοθευόμενα. / Wherefore also they [the Marcionites and Cerdonites] thus employ the evangelical parables, saying, A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, and the rest of the passage. Now Marcion alleges ...

... with this statement when he sets forth "one thing" as the fulfilling of many, that is Love. [ibid p. 95 - 98] Marcion's alleged teacher Cerdo knew the Antitheses: Cerdon lived under Antoninus I and claimed that God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and unknown to the prophets, was ...

... καρποὺς πονηροὺς ποιεῖν» καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς, εἰς τοῦτο φάσκων εἰρῆσθαι <ταῦτα>, τὰ ὑπ' αὐτοῦ κακῶς νοθευόμενα. Wherefore also they [the Marcionites and Cerdonites] thus employ the evangelical parables, saying, A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, and the rest of the passage. Now Marcion alleges ...

... virginis ab ecclesiae communicatione abiectus. Hic ex occasione qua dictum sit, Omnis arbor bona bonos fructus facit, mala autem malos, haeresim Cerdonis approbare conatus est, ut eadem diceret quae ille superior haereticus ante dixerat. After him emerged a disciple of his, one Marcion by name, ...

... thinking, although I'd be less inclined to think Marcion knew anything about it. I think Marcion got his good and just Gods from Platonism. Cerdo, who Tertullian latches the blame for influencing Marcion, may also have developed Platonism, but it seems different enough that he may have got ...

... τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ἐπινοεῖ ἑαυτῷ καὶ προσφεύγει τῇ τοῦ ἀπατεῶνος Κέρδωνος αἱρέσει. 1:1 Marcion, the founder of the Marcionites, taking his cue from Cerdo, appeared in the world as a great serpent himself and became the head of a school by deceiving a throng of people in many ways, even to this day. ...