RT Article
T1 The Foreign God and the Sudden Christ: Theology and Christology in Marcion’s Gospel Redaction
JF Tyndale bulletin
VO 44
IS 2
SP 307
OP 321
A1 Head, Peter M.
LA English
YR 1993
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1938144821
AB This article seeks to establish the extent to which Marcion's Christology influenced the formation of his gospel canon, the Euaggelion. Marcion's Christology, as seen in statements preserved in Irenaeus, Tertullian and Epiphanius, has features that can be described as both docetic and modalist. These christological beliefs effect Marcion's redaction of the Pauline epistles and his omission of material from Luke's Gospel. In particular the omission of the birth narratives and notices relating to the humanity of Jesus suggest the appropriateness of Tertullian's slogan: 'the sudden Christ'.
K1 Canon
K1 marcion
K1 Christology
K1 Historical Theology
K1 Church History
DO 10.53751/001c.30463