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that's what Marcion published as his canon.
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This is the first time we have in Christianity
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someone attempting to say,
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"This is the authoritative list.
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And all these other things are not part of the list."
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Marcion, who came to be considered a heretic by orthodox Christians --
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remember that at this time, there's a lot of
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different kinds of Christianity.
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So how do you tell an orthodox Christian
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from a heretical Christian?
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Well, it's your judgment call or mine in the second century.
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You hadn't had, yet, the creeds