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Are there any surviving writings by Marcion or is everything we know of him what his enemies wrote of him?
I'm growing increasingly suspicious that Marcion was more of a dispensationalist or "hyper-dispensationalist" who fell victim to misrepresentation by those who either did not understand him or agree with him. Do we have any surviving texts that were written by himself or his proponents? Or by any of...
I'm growing increasingly suspicious that Marcion was more of a dispensationalist or "hyper-dispensationalist" who fell victim to misrepresentation by those who either did not understand him or agree with him. Do we have any surviving texts that were written by himself or his proponents? Or by any of his detractors that might put him in a light other than the official view?
Please see this related question and the way the enemies of dispensationalist views characterize it as "gnosticism" etc. to see what my concern is: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/19104/what-is-the-argument-against-the-position-that-only-pauls-writings-are-applicab
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What is the basis for the position that only Paul's writings are applicable to the church today?
In mid-Acts dispensationalism (a form of hyperdispensationalism), it is taught that only Paul's writings (from Romans to Philemon) are applicable to the church today and that the other parts of the Bible are informational only. What, specifically, is the logical basis for this position?
In mid-Acts dispensationalism (a form of hyperdispensationalism), it is taught that only Paul's writings (from Romans to Philemon) are applicable to the church today and that the other parts of the Bible are informational only.
What, specifically, is the logical basis for this position?
Narnian
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Sep 17, 2013, 12:00 PM
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What is the argument AGAINST the position that only Paul's writings are applicable to the church today?
In mid-Acts dispensationalism (a form of [hyperdispensationalism][1]), it is taught that only Paul's writings (from Romans to Philemon) are applicable to the church today and that the other parts of the Bible are informational only. What is the logical and biblical argument against this position? I'...
In mid-Acts dispensationalism (a form of hyperdispensationalism ), it is taught that only Paul's writings (from Romans to Philemon) are applicable to the church today and that the other parts of the Bible are informational only.
What is the logical and biblical argument against this position? I'm interested in an argument that emphasizes Paul's writings themselves.
Narnian
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Sep 17, 2013, 12:02 PM
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