How Did One Competing Form Of Christianity Become Orthodox
1. Summarize your competing from Christianity.
Competing form of Christianity: Marcionism.
One competing form of Christianity is Marcionism. This religious movement was founded by Marcion of Sinope, who was a wealthy ship builder, raised as a Christian and whose father was a bishop. Marcion separated from Christianity around 144a.d. after being excommunicated from the church. At that time, he expressed views inconsistent with the underlying premise of Christianity. Marcionites are of the belief there are two gods and that the Old Testament scriptures are not the authoritative basis for a Christian. Marcionism believes the God of the Old Testament was evil, jealous, and that he created a material place of suffering. This God was a wrongful Hebrew …show more content…
Marcion basically edited Gods Word. He believed Jesus came into the world to save the people from the tyrant Old Testament God who created the world, and that …show more content…
If each Christian group argued that their beliefs and teachings were “orthodox”/correct, in your opinion, how did one form of Christianity become “orthodox” and all the other heretical? Were there political, religious, economic, social, or other factors? Explain your reasoning.
Orthodox, according to Merriam-Webster.com is “conforming to established doctrine especially in religion; accepting and closely following traditional beliefs and customs of the religion.” In early times, during the foundation of Christianity one can see the development of various beliefs and practices. As people converted and struggles ensued one form of Christianity would become dominant and as it gained momentum, it would declare itself orthodox. The other weaker groups would then be considered heretical. Political influences at the time were a significant factor in the development of orthodox Christianity as government leaders sanctioned religious sects. This can be seen when Emperor Constantine sanctioned Christianity as the religion as the Roman Empire. All Romans were to abide by the Nicaean Creed in order to follow what was considered the “true faith”. If they did not, they were considered heretics and either disciplined or expelled from the church. It is politics coupled with geography and socio-economic factors that act as cohesive factors in strengthen the beliefs and teachings supporting the orthodox
Competing form of Christianity: Marcionism.
One competing form of Christianity is Marcionism. This religious movement was founded by Marcion of Sinope, who was a wealthy ship builder, raised as a Christian and whose father was a bishop. Marcion separated from Christianity around 144a.d. after being excommunicated from the church. At that time, he expressed views inconsistent with the underlying premise of Christianity. Marcionites are of the belief there are two gods and that the Old Testament scriptures are not the authoritative basis for a Christian. Marcionism believes the God of the Old Testament was evil, jealous, and that he created a material place of suffering. This God was a wrongful Hebrew …show more content…
Marcion basically edited Gods Word. He believed Jesus came into the world to save the people from the tyrant Old Testament God who created the world, and that …show more content…
If each Christian group argued that their beliefs and teachings were “orthodox”/correct, in your opinion, how did one form of Christianity become “orthodox” and all the other heretical? Were there political, religious, economic, social, or other factors? Explain your reasoning.
Orthodox, according to Merriam-Webster.com is “conforming to established doctrine especially in religion; accepting and closely following traditional beliefs and customs of the religion.” In early times, during the foundation of Christianity one can see the development of various beliefs and practices. As people converted and struggles ensued one form of Christianity would become dominant and as it gained momentum, it would declare itself orthodox. The other weaker groups would then be considered heretical. Political influences at the time were a significant factor in the development of orthodox Christianity as government leaders sanctioned religious sects. This can be seen when Emperor Constantine sanctioned Christianity as the religion as the Roman Empire. All Romans were to abide by the Nicaean Creed in order to follow what was considered the “true faith”. If they did not, they were considered heretics and either disciplined or expelled from the church. It is politics coupled with geography and socio-economic factors that act as cohesive factors in strengthen the beliefs and teachings supporting the orthodox