MARCION
Increase of anti-Jewish feeling in Rome under Antoninus Pius—History of
Marcion—Terror of Church at Marcion’s doctrine—Uncompromising character
of Marcionism—Marcion’s expurgation of Scripture—His _Antitheses_—His
Two Gods—His Docetic views—His anti-Jewish teaching—His treatment of the
Pauline Epistles—His abhorrence of allegory—The original nature of his
system and its resemblance to Protestantism—Puritanism of
Marcionites—History of Marcionism—Rise of sects within it—Marcion’s
follower Apelles leans towards Catholicism—Tatian’s, Encratites’, and
other variations of Marcionism—After Constantine, many Marcionites
rejoin Church—Others coalesce with Manichaeans—Failure of Marcion’s
attempted reform—Interest of Marcion’s heresy for later ages 203-223