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He succeeded in establishing churches of his own, which aggressively rivaled the catholic orthodox Church for the next three centuries in the west, but somewhat longer (about five centuries) in the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine east]], constantly condemning catholic orthodoxy as a perversion of the truth. The movement finally died out, in accordance with the word of Jesus in [http://www.biblehub.com/commentaries/john/15-6.htm John 15:6].
He succeeded in establishing churches of his own, which aggressively rivaled the catholic orthodox Church for the next three centuries in the west, but somewhat longer (about five centuries) in the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine east]], constantly condemning catholic orthodoxy as a perversion of the truth. The movement finally died out, in accordance with the word of Jesus in [http://www.biblehub.com/commentaries/john/15-6.htm John 15:6].
Marcion’s abbreviated canon stimulated the more precise defining of the NT canon by the orthodox catholic Church, not to supersede but to supplement the canon of the OT. His doctrinal teaching led the Catholic Church to define the Christian faith more carefully in dogmatic terms which exclude a Marcionite interpretation. His contemporaries, the apologist Justin Martyr and the heresiologist Irenaeus of Lyons make only derogatory references to him. His writings have been reconstructed from quotations and references in Tertullian's ''Adversus Marcionem'' and Epiphanius' ''Panarion''.
Marcion’s abbreviated canon stimulated the more precise defining of the NT canon by the orthodox catholic Church, not to supersede but to supplement the canon of the OT. His doctrinal teaching led the Catholic Church to define the Christian faith more carefully in dogmatic terms which exclude a Marcionite interpretation. His contemporaries, the apologist [[Justin Martyr]] and the heresiologist [[Irenaeus of Lyons]] make only derogatory references to him. His writings have been reconstructed from quotations and references in [[Tertullian]]'s ''Adversus Marcionem'' and Epiphanius' ''Panarion''.
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