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Marcionism

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Mar·cion·ism  (märsh-nzm)
n.
A Christian heresy of the second and third centuries a.d. that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Jesus as a human.
[After Marcion (died c. a.d. 160), Pontic merchant and heretic in Rome.]
Marcion·ite (-sh-nt) n.
Marcionism
the beliefs of an anti-Semitic Gnostic sect in the early Christian church. — Marcionite, n., adj.
See also: Christianity
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Noun1.Marcionism - the Christian heresy of the 2nd and 3rd centuries that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Jesus as a human
heresy, unorthodoxy - a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
theological doctrine - the doctrine of a religious group
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