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... 'Paul', making the Paul figure compatible with Jewish-Christian faith. John the Baptist's best follower was the historical Simon of Samaria. Cerdo (in Rome) was a follower of Simon, then Marcion was a follower of Simon after Cerdo. Marcion (from Pontus) doesn't write of Simon (from Samaria), ...

... replied to Marcion, who met him on one occasion, and said, "Dost thou know me?" "I do know thee, the first-born of Satan ... Cerdon, too, Marcion's predecessor, himself arrived in the time of Hyginus, who was the ninth bishop.(5) Coming frequently into the Church, and making ...

... or under Antoninus (Tertullian)? Was he a member of the church at Rome under Telesforus and a heretic under Hyginus (Tertullian), or a follower of Cerdo under the reign of Anicetus (Irenaeus)?" [Joseph Tyson Marcion and Luke-Acts p. 28] Tyson acknowledges that Clement's report (a) derives ...

... 'Paul', making the Paul figure compatible with Jewish-Christian faith. "John the Baptist's best follower was the historical Simon of Samaria. Cerdo (in Rome) was a follower of Simon, then Marcion was a follower of Simon after Cerdo. Marcion (from Pontus) doesn't write of Simon (from Samaria), ...

... many by his magical art. And he persuaded his followers that they should not die. And there are still some of them that assert this.” And then Cerdo and Marcion - "Cerdo was one who took his system from the followers of Simon, and came to live at Rome in the time of Hyginus, who held the ...

... the head of the Simonians, Menander thinks something 'like Simon' but he is not explicitly said to be a followers of Simon but interestingly (1) Cerdo is said to have been an offshoot of Simon (2) Marcion is said to be an offshoot of Simon and the (3) gnostics are said to be offshoots of Simon ...

... Book One is actually meant to be taken as a chronological arrangement - i.e. first came Valentinus in the reign of Hyginus 138 - 142 CE then came Cerdo in the reign of Pius 142 - 157 CE then came Marcion in the reign of Anicetus 157 - 168 CE but that the Gnostics who followed Menander came even ...

... which emerges here Menander Saturninus/ilus Cerinthus Ebionites Nicolatians Tatian & the Encratites There was no reference to Carpocrates, Cerdo, Marcion and the rest (Carpocrates comes from Hegesippus, the two accounts of Marcion are totally different). The difficulty though is that Tatian ...

... of Irenaeus Adv Haer 1.23 - 31: Simon Magus Menander Saturninus Basilides Carpocrates - - - - - - > Hegesippus Cerinthus Ebionites Nicolaitanes Cerdo - - - - - - - - - - > Marcion - - - - - - - - - > Tatian & Encratites (Ends with broad statement tying up the last section as a unit) "Others, ...

Andrew,

Yes it's THE big Marcionite question. Who the heck or what the heck is 'Cerdo'? A fox? The second century Alexandrian Patriarch? Who knows.