Tag: Paul
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The Appropriation of Marcion’s Writings by the Emerging Late Second Century Proto-Orthodoxy
The following timeline shows how Marcion’s canon (Evangelion + Apostolikon) was appropriated, expanded, and re-branded as the Gospel of Luke and the Letters of Paul.
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The Role of Acts in Rebranding Paul
In this blog post I make a case for the Book of Acts being a late second-century letter written by a follower of Marcion to Theophilus, Archbishop of Antioch, for the purpose of rebranding Paul as a founding member of the Antioch Church, in fellowship with the Jerusalem apostles.
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Does the New Testament teach that the Old Testament Law has been done away with?
Jesus said He did not come to do away with the Law but to fulfill it (Matthew 5:17). Paul likewise taught that we do not nullify the Law by our faith but instead we uphold it (Romans 3:31). Jesus said the Law represents the essence of His teaching (Matthew 7:12), and that it can be…
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