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Marcionite

Variant of Marcionism

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

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

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Marcionite noun

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