MARCION = BIBLE TAMPERING - REMOVED PASSAGES THAT JESUS MOST CLEARLY STATED HIS FATHER IS THE REAL CREATOR
LATIN
TEXT:
“...Succedens autem ei Marcion Ponticus, adampliavit [Or
adimplevit] doctrinam, impudorate blasphemans [Or impurate
blasphematus] eum, qui a lege et prophetis annuntiatus est Deus ;
malorum factorem et bellorum [Or bellatorum] concupiscentem et
inconstantem quoque sententia et contrarium sibi ipsum dicens. Iesum
autem ab eo Patre, qui est super mundi fabricatorem Deum, venientem
in Iudaeam temporibus Pontii Pilati praesidis, qui fuit procurator
Tiberii Caesaris, in hominis forma manifestatum his, qui in Iudaea
erant, dissolventem prophetas et legem et omnia opera eius Dei, qui
mundum fecit, quem et Cosmocratorem dicit. Et super haec id quod est
secundum Lucam evangelium circumcidens et omnia, quae sunt de
generatione Domini conscripta, [Or et conscripta] auferens, et de
doctrina sermonum Domini multa auferens, in quibus manifestissime
conditorem huius universitatis suum Patrem confitens Dominus
conscriptus est...” -
(Page 293, Book I, Chapter XXVII, Section II, MPL.)
IRENAEUS
OF LYONS (circa. 130-200 C.E.): “...After
him came Marcion of Pontus, who developed his teaching, shamelessly
blaspheming the God whom the Law and the Prophets proclaimed,
describing him as the author of evils, desirous of wars, changing his
opinions, and [at different times] contrary to himself. But Jesus
[was] from the Father who is above the God that formed the world, and
came into Judea in the time of Pontius Pilate, who was procurator of
Tiberius Caesar; manifest in human form to those who were in Judea,
he abolished the Prophets and the Law, and all the works of that God
who made the world, whom he calls the World Ruler.[1004] In
addition to this he mutilated the Gospel According to Luke, removing
everything about the birth of the Lord, AND MUCH OF THE TEACHING OF
THE WORDS OF THE LORD, IN WHICH THE
LORD IS RECORDED AS CLEARLY CONFESSING THE CREATOR OF THIS UNIVERSE
AS HIS FATHER...” - (Page 368, Book I. Chapter 27:
Section 2. Selections from the Work “Against Heresies” by
Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons: "The Refutation and Overthrow of the
Knowledge Falsely So Called" in “THE LIBRARY OF CHRISTIAN
CLASSICS” VOLUME 1, Early Christian Fathers. Editor: Cyril C.
Richardson, Washburn Professor of Church History, Union Theological
Seminary, New York. 1953.)
IRENAEUS
OF LYONS (circa. 130-200 C.E.): “...Marcion
of Pontus succeeded him, and developed his doctrine. In so doing, he
advanced the most daring blasphemy against Him who is proclaimed as
God by the law and the prophets, declaring Him to be the author of
evils, to take delight in war, to be infirm of purpose, and even to
be contrary to Himself. But Jesus being derived from that father who
is above the God that made the world, and coming into Judæa in the
times of Pontius Pilate the governor, who was the procurator of
Tiberius Cæsar, was manifested in the form of a man to those who
were in Judæa, abolishing the prophets and the law, and all the
works of that God who made the world, whom also he calls Cosmocrator.
Besides this, he mutilates the Gospel which is according to Luke,
removing all that is written respecting the generation of the Lord,
and SETTING ASIDE A GREAT DEAL OF THE TEACHING OF THE LORD, IN WHICH
THE LORD IS RECORDED AS MOST CEARLY CONFESSING THAT THE MAKER OF THIS
UNIVERSE IS HIS FATHER...”
- (Book I. Chapter
27: Section 2. “Against Heresies” Translated
by Alexander Roberts and William Rambaut. From Ante-Nicene Fathers,
Vol. 1. Edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A.
Cleveland Coxe. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co.,
1885.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight.)
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0103127.htm
A
translation with a bit more context:
IRENAEUS
OF LYONS (circa. 130-200 C.E.):
“...And Marcion
of Pontus came in his place, and extended his school, shamelessly
blaspheming Him Who is declared God by the Law and the Prophets :
affirming Him to be an evil-doer, and fond of wars, and inconsistant
also in His judgement, and contrary to Himself: and as for Jesus,
that He came from that Father who is above the God who made the
world, into Judea in the time of Pontius Pilate the Govenor, who was
Tiberius Caesar's Procurator, and was manifest in human form to the
inhabitants of Judaea, to do away the Prophets and the Law and all
the works of that God who made the world, whom he also calls Ruler of
the world. And moreover, mutilating the Gospel according to St. Luke,
and taking away all that was written of our Lord's birth, and much
also FROM THE DOCTRINE OF OUR LORD'S DISCOURSES, WHEREIN IT IS MOST
PLAINLY WRITTEN HOW OUR LORD CONFESSED THE MAKER OF THIS WORLD TO BE
HIS FATHER : he persuaded his disciples that he was himself more
trustworthy than the Apostles who delivered the Gospel : while he was
putting into their hands not the Gospel but a small portion of it.
And likewise the Epistles of the Apostle Paul too were mutilated by
him, by taking out whatever is plainly spoken by the Apostle of THE
GOD WHO MADE THE WORLD, HOW THAT HE IS THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST ; and whatsoever out of the prophetic writings the Apostle
hath quoted in his teaching, as predictive of the coming of the
Lord...” - (Book
1, Chapter 27, Section 2, “Against
Heresies” Five
books of S. Irenaeus bishop of Lyons, Against Heresies. Translated by
the Rev. John Keble, with the fragments that remain of his other
works. Published 1872 by J. Parker in Oxford.)
My
translation:
IRENAEUS
OF LYONS (circa. 130-200 C.E.):
“...succeeding him, Marcion of Pontus, completing this doctrine,
this Villain blasphemes him whom the law and the prophets announced
is God, [as being] the maker of evils and {*}a
warmonger, and also [as being] inconsistant – changing his
opinions, and saying He contridicts himself. Jesus, [he says was]
from that Father, who is God over the Maker(s) of the world, that
[He] came in the times of Pontius Pilate the governor of Judea, who
was the procurator of Tiberius Caesar, [and was] made manifest to
those that were in Judea in the form of man, and [that He] dissolved
the law and the prophets and all the things done by Him [that is] the
God, who made the world, and whom [he] calls the Cosmo-Krator. And on
top of this [he] mutilated and keeps taking out, even all that which
is [in] the Gospel according to Luke, which is written about the
Generation of the Lord, and removing MANY OF THE TEACHINGS FROM THE
THE LORD'S WORDS, IN WHICH WAS WRITTEN DOWN THAT - ( THE LORD ) -
MOST CLEARLY{*}
CONFESSES THAT - ( HIS ) - FATHER IS THE MAKER OF THE [ENTIRE]
UNIVERSE...” - (Book 1, Chapter 27,
Section 2, “Against
Heresies” translated by Matt13weedhacker 25/11/2011.)
[FOOTNOTE]:
Lat., ( circumcidens
) literally: “...circumcised...”
[FOOTNOTE]:
Lat., ( malorum factorem et bellorum
[Or bellatorum]
concupiscentem
) literally: “the evil making and to the
fighting men desire” or “to war with one another”
[FOOTNOTE]:
Lat., ( manifestissime
) or: “...it most plainly...”
