"O Wonder Beyond Wonders,
Rapture, Power, and Amazement is it,
That one can say nothing at all
[ About the Gospel ]
Nor even conceive of it,
Nor even compare it to anything".
- Marcion of Sinope
A hypertext version of "The Gospel of the Lord" by James Hamlyn Hill (1891),based on the 1823 reconstruction by August Hahn.
The version presented here is specially revised to also reflect the reconstruction done by Theodor Zahn (1888), from his work "Geschichte des n.t. Kanons", vol.II., which places in doubt some of the material which Hahn-Hill allowed into their reconstructions. In addition, the text has been hyperlinked to two of the major hostile witnesses utilized for its reconstruction, Tertullian's "Against Marcion" (Adversus Marcionem), Book IV, and Ephiphanius' Panarion sect.42, "Against the Marcionites" (Dindorfus' Greek text, presented via 15 .jpg files with a few English notes).
The entirety of the Gospel of Marcion is divided into 6 sections.
Above: Marcion(left),with the Apostle John, to whom he "brought scriptures from the Pontic brethren..." (10th century miniature from the archives of the Cathedral St.Bravo in Ghent).
Adolf von Harnack
A RECONSTRUCTION OF MARCION'S TEXT TO THE GALATIANS
An excellent reconstruction and translation of Marcion's text of Galatians by Dr. Hermann Detering, comprising of a Greek text (set side by side with the canonical version for convenient comparison), a German translation and copious notes, may be viewed through this link:
by Gerard R. Patchen
by D.J.Mahar (PDF format)
Hopefully this more recent attempt at reposting these files in the PDF format will prove more successful. The notes to Part II are somewhat dated (having been done about 5 years ago), and assume the existance of a historical Paul, not taking into account the thought-provoking possibility that Paul and Marcion might actually be one and the same individual.
By Ray Embry
Author of The Enigma About Divine Love and the Creation of Evil: The Lost Belief Among Early Christians About a God of Total Compassion
By Dr.Michael Conley
By Carroll R. Bierbower, PHD, DD
By Carroll R. Bierbower, PHD, DD
THE DIALOGUES OF ADAMANTIUS
Against the Marcionites
Section I (excerpts)
Translated by D.J.Mahar (copyright April 2000)
Charles Wand Mitchell
SAINT EPHRAIM, PROSE REFUTATIONS
of Mani, Marcion, and Bardaisan
Translated by C.W. Mitchell (Williams and Norgate, 1912)
Joseph Turmel
"THE MARCIONITE ORIGIN OF THE FOURTH GOSPEL"
English Translation of Le Quatrieme Evangile (Reider,1925)
by Henri Delafosse ( Joseph Turmel ).
Translated by D.J. Mahar.
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