The christian revelation therefore had to be purified of its jewish elements, which were primitive and unworthy of true religion. Marcion is perhaps one of the most important figures who shaped the beliefs, structures and collection of scriptural writings of the church in the second century and beyond. You condemn all christian pedagogy, harnack accused, and sever, like marcion, every link between faith and the human. Adolf harnack was a german theologian, scholar and historian. In this work, harnack traced the origin and development of christian dogma, which he understood to be the authoritative system of christian doctrine that had formed by the 4th century ad. Harnack presents marcion s historical significance. Objavio je veliki broj religijskih publikacija izmedu 18731912. For harnack, applying the methods of historical criticism to the bible signified a return to true christianity, which had become mired in unnecessary and even damaging creeds and dogmas. He produced many religious publications from 1873 to 1912 in which he is sometimes credited as adolf harnack. Wipf and stock publishers, dec 1, 2007 religion 192 pages. Scripture citations appear on mouseover in your preferred english translation. And professor harnack, from the protestant tradition himself, does not hesitate to praise marcion s consistency and passion in separating law and gospel. The dorpat tartu prize paper by the 19yearold adolf harnack 18511930 with the title marcion.
The mission of the ccel is to make classic christian books available to the world. The acts of the apostles, adolf harnack, nov 2, 2000, religion, 348. Una monografia sulla storia dei fondamenti della chiesa cattolica, ed. However, tertullian and epiphanius lived several generations after marcion, and they assumed the new testament they read already existed in marcions era. Marcion s attempt to set aside the old testament foundation of 218. Gospel of the lord and other writings the gnostic society library pdf. Project muse the text of marcions gospel by dieter t.
Roth the text of marcions gospel new testament tools, studies and documents 49 leiden and boston. Adolf harnack viewed the formation of the christian canon as a mixed blessing. The gospel of marcion, called by its adherents the gospel of the lord, was a text used by the mid2ndcentury christian teacher marcion of sinope to the exclusion of the other gospels. Hausschild 2000 was born in dorpat today tartu in estonia, the son of the theology professor theodosius harnack. By rowan williams, theologian and former archbishop of canterbury. After his mothers death in 1857, he became especially connected to his father, theodosius andreas harnack, who was a teacher of homiletics and church history at the lutheran university in dorpat a part of east prussia. Indeed, the parallels between the 16th century reformers and marcion are many and intriguing.
The new marcion rethinking the archheretic jason beduhn it seems we are always rethinking marcion. Important terms link to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and a wealth of other resources in your digital library. If you have a pdf editing program like adobe acrobat pro, you can insert the images into the original file. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Sep 17, 2019 harnack presents marcions historical significance.
And professor harnack, from the protestant tradition himself, does not hesitate to praise marcions consistency and passion in separating law and gospel. T he outlines of harnacks landmark monograph on marcion are well known from summaries and discussions of it as well as through the german original. For some reason in the above file 6 pages were missing, which are given in this addendum. Marcion rejected the old testament because it depicted the creatorgod as a mean figure who humiliated human beings. But it is an event worthy of note for the work to appear in english, where the complexities and. So begins professor adolf harnacks definitive work on the early church character of marcion. He was amongst other things fascinated by marcion s view of the old testament.
First, it was intended to bring to light the unmerciful righteousness, harassing strictness and cruelties. Marcion by harnack, adolf and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In such seminal works as the history of dogma 188689 and the history of ancient christian literature 18931904, harnack sought to demonstrate that the relevance of christianity to a modern world lay not in theological. The outlines of harnacks landmark monograph on marcion are well known from summaries and discussions of it as well as through the german original. Harnack is ordinary professor of church history in the university, and fellow of the royal academy of science, berlin. This document has been generated from xsl extensible. The outlines of harnack s landmark monograph on marcion are well known from summaries and discussions of it as well as through the german original. By rowan williams, theologian and former archbishop of. Harnack was born in 1851, in a lutheran family, as the older of a set of twins. Harnacks multivolume work is considered a monument of liberal christian historiography.