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Can the God who judges and the God who loves be the same?
In The Antitheses of Marcion, Marcion of Sinope places passages from the Law beside passages from the Gospel. He argues that their contrasts point to two gods: the creator described in the Hebrew Scriptures and the good Father revealed by Jesus. At stake is the bond between the Old and New Testaments.
The original work does not survive whole. This reconstruction explores its central contrasts between justice and mercy, law and grace. You encounter Marcion’s claims about Paul and Christ—and the church’s reply that one God is both just and kind. The result opens a window onto a fierce early Christian dispute.
What you’ll discover
- A lost argument recovered Encounter a disputed work that challenges the bond between the Old and New Testaments.
- Law beside Gospel Follow Marcion’s method of placing passages together to expose what he sees as conflicts.
- Justice and goodness divided Explore his claim that the judging creator differs from the loving Father revealed by Jesus.
- Paul at the center See why Marcion places Paul’s letters beside a shortened Gospel of Luke.
- The church answers back Consider the opposing argument that the Law and Gospel reveal one just and kind God.
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- A lost book known through its enemies
- Two gods, one judging and one loving
- Antitheses set side by side
- Paul and a shortened Gospel
- A Christ distinct from the promised Messiah
- The church's answer and what lasted
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The Antitheses of Marcion
by Attributed to Marcion of Sinope · 144
Marcion sets Law against Gospel, asking how one God can be both just and good.
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The Antitheses of Marcion is a work from the middle of the second century. Its author was Marcion of Sinope, a wealthy shipowner from the Black Sea coast who came to Rome and taught there around the 140s.
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A lost book known through its enemies
No copy of the Antitheses has come down to us. What we know of it comes from opponents who quoted it in order to refute it. Tertullian, writing in Latin in the early third century, is one of the main witnesses. He worked through Marcion's claims and his edited Gospel.
Because of this, any reconstruction is a careful gathering of pieces. The result gives the main ideas with good confidence. It does not give the exact words or the full layout.
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What are the Antitheses of Marcion?
They are a lost work of the second century by Marcion of Sinope. It set passages from the Old Testament against the Gospel to argue that the creator God and the Father of Jesus are different beings.
Does the Antitheses of Marcion survive?
Not as a complete text. Scholars reconstruct it from quotations in Tertullian, Epiphanius and other opponents, so the reconstruction gives the main ideas but not the exact words or order.
Who was Marcion?
Marcion was a shipowner from Sinope in Pontus who taught in Rome around the 140s. He rejected the Old Testament, kept an edited Luke and ten Pauline letters, and founded his own churches.
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