Main Entry:

Mar·cion·ism

Pronunciation:

\ˈmär-shə-ˌni-zəm, -sē-ə-, -shē-ə-\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Marcion 2d century a.d. Christian Gnostic

Date:

1868

: the doctrinal system of a sect of the second and third centuries a.d. accepting some parts of the New Testament but denying Christ's corporality and humanity and condemning the Creator God of the Old Testament

— Mar·cion·ite \-ˌnīt\ noun