Mar·cion·ism (mär sh -n z m)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.] Mar cion·ite (-sh-n t) n. |
Marcionism [ˈmɑːʃəˌnɪzəm]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) a Gnostic movement of the 2nd and 3rd centuries a.d
[after Marcion of Sinope, 2nd-century Gnostic]
Marcionism
the beliefs of an anti-Semitic Gnostic sect in the early Christian church. — Marcionite, n., adj.
See also: Christianity
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| Noun | 1. | 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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