Marcionite

Variant of Marcionism

Marcionism definition

Mar·cion·ism (mär′s̸hən iz′əm)

noun

the doctrines of a rigorous Christian sect of the 2d and 3d cent. that rejected the Old Testament and all but the writings of Paul in the New Testament

Etymology: after Marcion, Christian Gnostic of the 2d c.

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