Marcionism

[ mahr-shuh-niz-uhm ]

noun

1. the doctrines and principles of the Marcionites.

Marcionism

/ ˈmɑːʃəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. a Gnostic movement of the 2nd and 3rd centuries ad

Word History and Origins

Origin of Marcionism¹

First recorded in 1880–85; Marcion + -ism

Word History and Origins

Origin of Marcionism¹

C16: after Marcion of Sinope, 2nd-century Gnostic

Example Sentences

There were also reactionary and reformatory movements which were generally felt to be out of harmony with the development upon which Christian thought and life had already entered; such were Montanism and Marcionism.

From Project Gutenberg

Marcionism, resting as it did on the paramount and sole authority of St Paul's Epistles and of the Pauline Gospel, would not suffer friend or foe to preserve silence on this fundamental question.

From Project Gutenberg