Marcionites

As earlier accounted, within the era of Yahoshea Meshiyach's ministry, there were many powerful and strong religious sects and elements that asserted mountainous influences upon humanity.

Before or shortly after his manifesting, there were religious convictions on divinity by some acclaimed divinised persons whom were viewed as redeemers at various quarters.  Such persons include – Tutankhamun, Krishna of Hindostan, Bussah Sakia of India, Odin of the Scandinavians, Zoroaster and Mithra of Persia, Baal and Tant, “The only Begotten of God” of Phenicia, Indra of Thibet, Bali of Afghanistan, Jao of Nepaul, Wittobe of the Bilingones, Thammus of Syria, Atys of Pharygai, Xaniolxis of Thrace, Zoar of the Bonzes, Adad of Assyria, Thor, son of Odin of the Gauls, Gadimus of Greece, Quirinus of Rome, Prometheus of Caucasus, Mohamud or Mahomet of Arabia etc.

These men have their concepts and claims of direct revelation and wisdom as divine beings or agents.

Like Hellenism, Platoism and various Gnostics, Marcion is an averred and inapological hater of Hebrew syncretism.

History Of The Group

Macion the founder of Macionites  was a son of a bishop of Sinope Pointus in Asian Minor who arrived in Rome in 140Ad where he started his religious schism that appear contrary to the Catholic Church.

In year 144Ad, he was ex-commutated from the church and as a wealthy ship-owner with support of donation returned to him by the church after his excommunication he funded his  sect later to be identified as Marcionism.

Concepts And Heresies

Marcion was a heretic teacher whose concepts centered upon rejection of Old Testament accounts of the Holy Scriptures as well as acts of the characters in the account.

Marcion was of the belief that creator of the Old Testament account of the scriptures was inconsistent and genocidal and that the material world he created was defectual and abode of suffering.

The concept held by Marcion and his followers was that the wrathful Hebrew creator was a lower entity than the all forgiving creator of the New Testament account of the scriptures.  Marcion was of the dualistic syncretism which post that there are opposing gods, one being a force or principle of higher spiritual and good while the other in contrast as of lower, material and evil.  This concept is totally different from the concept of mainstream  Yahosheanism which sees evil as no independent existence but emerged from disobedient of the divine laws.

In Marcionism, Yahoshea was not seen as a mere Meshiyach but a spiritual force that was sent from a higher spiritual abode above that of the creator of Hebrew tribe to reveal the truth about existence and to help humanity to escape from the trap set by the Hebrew creator.

Marcionic heresies condemned Yahweh, his accredited laws of justice and ordinances.  The sect merely focus its interest upon accounts of the book of Luke and Epistles of Paul with special interest on areas that go contrary to Hebrew ordinances.

                Marcion based his religious convictions upon the letters of Paul whom he saw as the chief of all apostles of Yahoshea.  The sect looked towards redeeming of Yahoshea's assembly from false Hebrew-doctrines and to cloth it with Hellenistic and Platonic influence.

Religious scholars hold that there were stricken relationship or resemblance of Marcionism with Paulicianism for sake of their over regard over Epistles of Paul the apostle.  Scholars equally held that Marcio's texts influenced many Epistles of Paul because he was the chief collector of those scripts.

There is wide speculation that Marcion influenced the editing and canonization of book of St. Luke as well as many Epistles of Paul the apostle.  As an Anti-Hebrew doctrines, Marcion was a great apostate and heretic that the early apostolic assembly avoided but was hooked by his influence on the new testament scripts.

Critics To The Sect

One of Marcion's critics was Tertullian who called him a manifest of satan who descret the good works of Yahweh through his begotten son Yahoshea that is continued or represented by his physical assembly.

Tertullian's view on Marcionism was presented in one of his writing as thus, “ Since Marcion separated the New Testament from the Old, he is necessarily subsequent to that which he separated, inasmuch as it was only in his power to separate what was previously united.  Having been united previous to its separation, the fact of its subsequent separation proves the subsequence also of the man who effected the separation”.

Conclusion

Like Mani, Marcion was an ardent enemy to Hebrew doctrines which was the foundation of Yahoshea’s ministry.  Yahoshea Meshiyach was a true Hebrew citizen and his ministry was totally grounded on the soil of Hebrew syncretism which was presented as Old Testament of the Holy Scriptures.

Therefore, if Marcion was an apostle of Yahoshea as he claimed, he would have make the doctrine of Hebrew religion his matter of interest.  This means that he must speak respectably of Yahweh and his ordinances.  He who loves Yahoshea and his calling must certainly love Yahweh that sent him.  There is no separation between Yahoshea and Yahweh whom he directly identified as his father.

Marcion and people of his caliber were responsible for the adulteration of the accounts of Yahoshea's manifestation.  They were of disservice to humanity although they deceived their adherents that they were working for Yahoshea Meshiyach.

Marcionists were considered the most dangerous of the Gnostics by the established  Yahoshea's assembly that later degenerated into Christendom.

Early assembly fathers hated the works of Marcion and his followers. For instance, when Polycarp met Marcio at Rome, he was said to identify Marcion as “the first-born of Satan”.  He was totally viewed as a heretic by his concept that separated the Old Testament to New Testament.

The early assembly was deceived by many people in the manner of Marcion who joined the sect and adulterated it to suit their own concepts.

These men of evil intents deceived men of their days by presentation of false doctrines they acclaimed to mean a reformation or revivalism to apostolic  faith.  They claim to represent the true Messianic assembly and thereby misguide their followers into prediction. Marcionite's heresies influenced the church's view over the Old Testament Scriptures and activities. It is equally been patronised by many modern atheists and Gnostics as they attack the personality of Yahweh and his works.