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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021
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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
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBC Doctrine of God |
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