Markion Markions Kristendom

Abstract

This essay describes Marcion, his life, religion and achievements. He was active 120 – 160 and was a leading christian gnostics or a christian extreme paulinist. Marcion regarded himself as the only true interpreter of christianity. He meant that the Creator God was the jews God, while the Superior God of Love and Grace, was the Father of Jesus and God for all people and Gods. Marcions church grew very fast. It was united, widespread with canon and liturgy around 150 AD. The Christian church was threathened. It benchmarked and created a similar structure after 40 years.