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7/12/2026 – From Claude.ai Comparative Canon Lists: Marcion to Trent I. Marcion’s Canon (Evangelion + Apostolikon) II. Muratorian Fragment III. Origen (Homilies on Joshua, etc.) IV. Athanasius, 39th Festal Letter V. Council of Rome (under Damasus I) VI. Synod of Hippo / Councils of Carthage VII. Council of Florence (Session 11, Bull Cantate Domino) VIII. […]
Continue Reading7/9/2026 – This post is a Claude.ai produced summary of two papers/essays by Dr. James Tabor. The PDF versions of those papers are in the Marcion directory in Dropbox. Sources: James Tabor, “Marcion of Sinope” (based on Robert M. Grant, Augustus to Constantine, Harper & Row, 1970) and “Marcion and the Pauline Letters: Did Marcion […]
Continue ReadingThe italicized text below immediately after the bullet is from Bart Ehrman’s post Early Christian Docetism, September 28, 2015. The text following that line is from another of his posts at the cited link. From the surviving documents of the period, there appear to have been five major competing Christologies (= understandings of who Christ […]
Continue ReadingFrom Bart Ehrman’s post Early Christian Docetism, September 28, 2015. From the surviving documents of the period, there appear to have been five major competing Christologies (= understandings of who Christ was) throughout the Christian church, and I will devote a post or two to each of the first four.
Continue ReadingA Phantom Jesus: The Teachings of the Second-Century Marcion by Bart Ehrman. Includes an extract “Here is how I explain his views in my book How Jesus Became God.” Bart says in his post: Another Post by Bart Ehrman – Paul’s “Gospel” and Marcion Why did Marcion think that Luke’s Gospel in particular was the one […]
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