Compare And Contrast Paul The Opposites Of Jewish-Marcionites

Contrary to modern belief, early Christianity was not a unified religion. Christianity in the second century consisted of various groups of people having distinct Christian beliefs. The Jewish-Christian adoptionists for example rejected the divinity of Jesus, believing that Jesus was solely human whom God adopted to be His son. In great contrast, Marcionites embraced the divinity of Jesus but rejected his humanity. They also believed in two Gods—the wrathful God of the Jews and the loving and merciful God of Jesus. Both of these groups of Christians did not appeal to the same authorities to legitimize their views. While Jewish-Chrisitians considered Paul a heretic, Marcionites heralded him as the greatest of the apostles. Thus, Marcionites