The Marcionite Heresy and the Formation of the Biblical Canon

144 CE · Roma · religious

Marcion proposed a canon that rejected the Old Testament; the Church of Rome excommunicated him.

This crisis hastened Christianity's systematization of which books it would regard as sacred. | The beginning of the process of drawing the boundaries of the biblical canon; the foundation of the medieval Latin Bible tradition.

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What was The Marcionite Heresy and the Formation of the Biblical Canon?
Marcion proposed a canon that rejected the Old Testament; the Church of Rome excommunicated him.
When did The Marcionite Heresy and the Formation of the Biblical Canon happen?
144 CE
Where did The Marcionite Heresy and the Formation of the Biblical Canon take place?
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