Luke 9:57-62: Odós to Marcion’s God?

Luke 9:57-62 Ὁδός to Marcion’s God?

The first few centuries of the Common Era saw great theological fluidity in emerging Christian doctrine. A figure looming large in many early controversies is Marcion of Pontus. Not considered truly gnostic by modern scholars, Marcion fueled the ire of early Church Fathers—Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, T...

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Main Author: Walters, Patricia 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2023
In: Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
Year: 2023, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 371-390
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Marcion, Sinopensis ca. 2. Jh. / Bible. Lukasevangelium 9,57-62 / Jesus Christus / God
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBC Doctrine of God
NBF Christology
Further subjects:B Kingdom / Realm of God
B Early Christianity
B Marcion
B Heresiology
B Gospel of Luke
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Summary:The first few centuries of the Common Era saw great theological fluidity in emerging Christian doctrine. A figure looming large in many early controversies is Marcion of Pontus. Not considered truly gnostic by modern scholars, Marcion fueled the ire of early Church Fathers—Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, and others—by spreading his apparently biblically-based, ditheistic theology of a superior Unknown Good God and an inferior Just Creator God. Additionally, Marcion’s gospel, generally considered a version of canonical Luke, witnesses the three Jesus sayings in Luke 9:57-62 (cf. Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4,23,9-11; Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 3,4,25). This article examines these sayings—in light of both ancient and modern commentary—as representing a collective theological way or ὁδός to ideate Marcion’s Unknown Good God. Today Marcion’s voice is faint, but in ancient Christianity it was exceedingly strong. This article attempts to find a hint of its former strength.
ISSN:1612-961X
Contains:Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/zac-2023-0023