Marcion – The First Bible Critic

One of the major figures in the history of second century Christian thought was a man named Marcion.  His doctrines were so distinctive that he formed a school of thought called Marcionism, after his own name.  Marcion and his followers maintained that there was no agreement whatsoever between the revelation of Jesus Christ and the teaching of the Old Testament.  Although Marcion “won an immense number of converts,” as he spread his doctrines “throughout the whole race of men,” according to...