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[[File:Marcion van Sinope Marcion hereticus (titel op object) Liber Chronicarum (serietitel), RP-P-2016-49-78-9.jpg|thumb|200x200px|A carving entitled, "Heretic Marcion"]]
'''Marcion of Sinope''' (died c.160 CE) was an [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] [[heresiarch]] in the 2nd century.

His main heresy involved a rejection of the [[Old Testament]], as well as the four Gospels and the [[Book of Revelation|Book of the Revelation]], in favour of another version of the [[New Testament]] which only included an edited version of the [[Gospel of Luke]] and the letters of [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]]. This was all an attempt to change church teachings to prevent persecution by the Romans.

The Romans charged the [[Early Christianity|Early Christians]] with the crime of [[atheism]], as the [[Roman Paganism|Roman pagans]] did not believe [[monotheism]] to be possible. Marcion taught that the god of the [[Old Testament]] was a distinct god of [[creation]], whereas the god of the [[New Testament]] was a distinct god of knowledge. Because Marcion's followers, known as Marcionites, affirmed two gods, the Romans did not charge them with atheism and so they escaped much persecution. Marcion was never martyred and died of natural causes around the year 160 CE.

His theology heavily influenced later [[Gnosticism]].

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