Marcion (d. 160)

Major works

•          heretical canon

•          Antitheses

Importance:

•        Heretical teacher who founded his own church; incorporated Gnostic elements into his beliefs—said God of Old Testament was different than the Father of Jesus

•        Came up with his own canon; accepted only Luke and the writings of Paul for his New Testament canon

•        Rejection of Marcion’s views led to the formulation of the orthodox canon