After nearly 2,000 years, Marcion of Sinope (~70-160 C.E.) has taken his rightful place among the holy luminaries of Pre-Nicene Christianity.
The Marcionite Church of Christ is pleased to announce the creation of a new feast day in the Marcionite Christian liturgical calendar, the Feast of Marcion.
Although Marcion of Sinope was best known for compiling the first Christian bible known as the Testamentum around 130 C.E., it was Marcion’s steadfast courage derived from the Holy Spirit against powerful forces that allowed him to prevail and show others that our Christian God was only revealed to us through Jesus Christ.
Marcion of Sinope’s life and contributions are to be celebrated as a feast every July 15th, the Ides of July, which reflect the date found in the old Marcionite Christian phrase:
“115 years and six and a half months between Christ and Marcion.”
This phrase is also quoted by Tertullian. It refers to the span of time beginning when Jesus descended to earth in the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar (29 C.E.) and the ex-communication of Marcion by the Roman ecclesia in 144 C.E.
