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Marcion

Marcion · m

a heretic of Sinope, who gave himself out to be Christ

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Where it lives

De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 12 · 14.44/10k
Adversus Marcionem 108 · 13.04/10k
De Carne Christi 7 · 7.36/10k
Hamartigenia 3 · 4.69/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

Marcĭon — Lewis & Short

Marcĭon, ōnis, m. (Marcīon,

Prud. Ham. 120),

I a heretic of Sinope, who gave himself out to be Christ, Tert. de Praescr. adv. Haeret. 30; Prud. Ham. 502.—Hence,

A Marcĭōnensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the heretic Marcion: continentia, Tert. Praescr. Haeret. 30.—

B Marcĭō-nista, ae, m., a follower of the heretic Marcion, a Marcionite.—Plur., Cod. Just. 1, 5, 5.—

C Marcĭōnīta, ae, m., for Marcionensis, of or belonging to the heretic Marcion: Marcionita Deus, tristis, ferus insidiator, i. e. feigned by Marcion, Prud. Ham. 129.—Plur.: Marcĭōnītae, Marcionites, disciples of Marcion, Tert. Praescr. Her. 49; Lact. 4, 30, 10; Ambros. de Fide, 5, 13, 162.—

II A native of Smyrna, the author of a treatise De simplicibus effectibus, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38.

In the wild

Marcion Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.4
Marcion Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 1.7
Marcion Tertullian, De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 37
Marcion Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.9
Marcion Tertullian, De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 33
Marcion Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.3

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