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Luke 9:57–62: Ὁδός to Marcion’s God?
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Patricia Walters
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November 28, 2023
Abstract
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.
Published Online: 2023-11-28
Published in Print: 2023-11-27
© 2023 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
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Keywords for this article
Marcion;
Heresiology;
Gospel of Luke;
Kingdom/Realm of God;
Early Christianity
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- Luke 9:57–62: Ὁδός to Marcion’s God?
- The Biblical Hermeneutics of Noetus of Smyrna
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- Hans Reinhard Seeliger und Wolfgang Wischmeyer (Hgg.): Legendae martyrum urbis Romae: lateinisch-deutsch = Märtyrerlegenden der Stadt Rom, Fontes Christiani 96, Freiburg Basel/Wien (Herder) 2022, Bd. 96/1: S. 272, ISBN 978-3-451-329302, € 45,–; Bd. 96/2: S. 360, ISBN 978-3-451-32931-9, € 50,–.
- Robert G. T. Edwards: Providence and Narrative in the Theology of John Chrysostom, Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 2022, S. 217, ISBN 978-1-009-22093-4, £ 85,–.
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