Did Marcion Call the Creator ‘God’?

Scholars often assert that Marcion believed in two Gods or supported a ditheistic theology. This essay argues that Marcion and his followers avoided calling the creator ‘God’ in an absolute sense. Instead, they preferred terms like ‘creator’ and ‘cosmocrator’. It is unlikely that Marcion would have...

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Main Author: Litwa, M. David 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2021
In: The journal of theological studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 72, Issue: 1, Pages: 231-246
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Marcion, Sinopensis ca. 2. Jh. / Schöpferkraft Gottes
IxTheo Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBC Doctrine of God
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