It also included ten of the Pauline Epistles ( but not the Pastoral Epistles or the Epistle to the Hebrews, and, according to the Muratonian canon, included a Marcionite pseudo-Paul's epistle to the Alexandrians and an epistle to the Laodiceans ) In bringing together these texts, Marcion redacted what is perhaps the first New Testament canon on record, which he called the Gospel and the Apostolikon, which reflects his belief in the writings of Jesus and the apostle Paul respectively.

Some scholars suggest that it was created to offset the popularity of the Marcionite epistle.

He was a disciple of Marcion, probably at Rome, but left ( or was expelled from ) the Marcionite society.

Later Marcionite ideas described by the Armenian Eznik ( or Yeznik Koghbatsi ) seem similar to this.

However, following a suggestion by Tertullian, that Marcionite heretics changed the title, Harnack suggested that the canonical epistle to the Ephesians is this lost letter.

These colourful ideas are integral elements of a dualist Marcionite religion propagated by Ralf Ettl through his Tempelhofgesellschaft ( Temple Society ) in Vienna, identified as a secret successor to the historic Templars, who had absorbed Gnostic and heretical ideas in the Levant " Ratthofer and Ettl state in " UFO-Geheimnisse des Dritten Reichs ( 1990 ) ( UFO-Secrets of the Third Reich )" that " Within the SS the Thule Society created a separate secret organisation called the " Black Sun "" with the " Geheimnis Schwarze Sonne " as its logo.

The exception is a Latin " Epistle to the Laodiceans ," which is actually a short compilation of verses from other Pauline epistles, principally Philippians, and on which scholarly opinion is divided as to whether it is the lost Marcionite forgery or alternatively an orthodox replacement of the Marcionite text.

In his work against Marcion, which he calls his third composition on the Marcionite heresy, he gives its date as the fifteenth year of the reign of Severus ( Adv.

After his excommunication, he returned to Asia Minor where he continued to lead his many church congregations and teach the Christian gospel in its Marcionite or Pauline version.

Its adherents were strong enough in their convictions that the Marcionite church retained its expansive power for more than a century.

Paul's epistles enjoy a prominent position in the Marcionite canon, since Paul is credited with correctly transmitting the universality of Jesus ' message.

Carroll R. Bierbower is a pastor of a church he says is Marcionite in theology and practice.

The differences in the texts below highlight the Marcionite view that, first, Jesus did not follow the Prophets and, second, the earth is evil.

The third belief, in six points, emphasizes the Diety of the Lord Jesus Christ, and:

It strongly asserts belief in the Holy Trinity, the incarnation, the nativity, the passion of Christ, the resurrection, the atonement, the judgement of the living.

The articles of the Chalcedonian Creed reaffirm belief in the dyophysitism of Christ: two natures, one co-substantial person.

# that every Christian is bound to believe that he is a member of the body of Christ, and that this belief is necessary for salvation ;

The name refers to belief in the imminent Second Coming ( or " Second Advent ") of Jesus Christ.

A rival to the more common belief that Jesus Christ had two natures was monophysitism (" one nature "), the doctrine that Christ had only one nature.

This discourse with Nicodemus established the Christian belief that all human beings — whether Jew or Gentile — must be " born again " of the spiritual seed of Christ.

* belief in God the Father, Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Holy Spirit

The central tenet of Christianity is the belief in Jesus as the Son of God and the Messiah ( Christ ).

The standard works of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) are the four books that currently constitute its open scriptural canon, due to the LDS belief in continuous revelation.

Supersessionism is the belief that the New Covenant in Christ supersedes, or replaces, the Old Covenant with Israel.

* His belief that Christ, as Logos, was in some sense created, contrary to John 1 but following Philo.

According to Catholic theologian Karl Rahner, the purpose of modern Christology is to formulate the Christian belief that " God became man and that God-made-man is the individual Jesus Christ " in a manner that this statement can be understood consistently, without the confusions of past debates and mythologies.

In early Christian belief, the concept of Kyrios included the pre-existence of Christ, for they believed if Christ is one with God, he must have been united with God from the very beginning.

Since the First seven Ecumenical Councils, Christendom places emphasis on correct belief ( or orthodoxy ), focusing primarily on the New Covenant that the Christian Triune God made through Jesus Christ.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also holds this belief, and holds baptismal services in which righteous people are baptized in behalf of their ancestors who, it is believed, are given the opportunity to accept the ordinance.

All present view this as an opportunity to show that they accept the belief that Jesus Christ is the one who sacrificed himself in behalf of redemption for all mankind, becoming the only mediator between Jehovah God and mankind ( John 3: 16 ).

He added a dedication, affirming his belief in the reality of the Body of Christ after consecration in the Eucharist, commonly referred to as transubstantiation.

" This passage, and a few others ( such as Matthew 27: 52 and Luke 23: 43 ), are the basis of the Christian belief in the descent of Christ into hell, or the harrowing of hell.

The notion that hell was below the earth is stated clearly in early Christian tradition by the belief, still recited by most Christians in the Apostolic and Athanasian creeds, that Christ " descended into hell " between his death and resurrection.

The healing in the gospels is referred to as a " sign " to prove Jesus ' divinity and to foster belief in him as the Christ.

A rival to the more common belief that Jesus Christ had two natures was monophysitism (" one nature "), the doctrine that Christ had only one nature.

She was sure she would reach the pool by climbing, and she clung to that belief despite the increasing number of obstacles.

But by the time the papers were finally disposed of, the group had informed the world of its purpose, its recommendations, and its belief that Paul Bang-Jensen was not of sound mind.

A popular belief grew up after the war that the only time during the Civil War that Thomas ever put his horse to a gallop was when he went to hurry up Stanley for this assault.

But Michael Sept had unmasked him, revealing he had never been a bishop, but was an Anabaptist, afraid to state his faith, because he knew John Calvin had written a book against their belief that the soul slept after death.

And now Andrei sat on a train on the way to Lublin and wondered if he was not being punished for his lack of belief.

But just when was an unknown, and of course the longer it did not happen, the stronger her wish and belief that it might not.

It is our belief that this readiness to relinquish some control was evidenced by the Kohnstamm-positive subjects in some of the other experimental situations to be discussed below.

The potters, in particular, had virtually eschewed freehand drawing, elaborate motifs, and the curving lines of nature, while yet expressing a belief that there was order in the universe.

With the return of our soldiers, it soon became apparent that the belief was not shared by the great majority of citizens.

Mr. Kennedy was less troubled by that possibility than by the belief that a Geneva breakdown, or even continued stalemate, would mean an unchecked spread of nuclear weapons to other countries as well as a fatal blow to any hope for disarmament.

Disapproval of the meeting was based largely on the belief that the timing could hardly be worse.

The tragic irony of the play is that the very belief in and concern with a devil who could be met in the woods and combatted with formulae set out in books was the very thing that prevented them from detecting the real devil when he came among them.

The common belief was that there existed one moral order, which included everything.

this was not virtue as we understand the word today, and it did not mean an abandonment of the belief in magic manipulation.

The lieutenant was not entirely wrong in the belief.

It is a popular belief that alchemists made contributions to the " chemical " industries of the day — ore testing and refining, metalworking, production of gunpowder, ink, dyes, paints, cosmetics, leather tanning, ceramics, glass manufacture, preparation of extracts, liquors, and so on ( it seems that the preparation of aqua vitae, the " water of life ", was a fairly popular " experiment " among European alchemists ).

This embodies the belief that the image was somehow the god or man himself.

( Despite common belief, he did not take a day from February ; see the debunked theory on month lengths ) According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.

Doubleday's purported invention of baseball was such a widely accepted belief in the late 19th century, that the legend was recorded on a Civil War monument in Maryland in 1897.

Despite popular opinion, Limbo, which was elaborated upon by theologians beginning in the Middle Ages, never entered into the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, yet, at times, the church incorporated the theory in its ordinary belief.

Ancient Egyptian civilization was based on religion ; their belief in the rebirth after death became their driving force behind their funeral practices.

Many deist freethinkers held that belief in an afterlife with reward and punishment was a necessity of reason and good morals.

In western Europe Arianism, which had been taught by Ulfilas, the Arian missionary to the Germanic tribes, was dominant among the Goths and Lombards ( and, significantly for the late Empire, the Vandals ); but it ceased to be the mainstream belief by the 8th century.

Ambrose was known to be Catholic in belief, but also acceptable to Arians due to the charity shown in theological matters in this regard.