Heretical Christianities

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>What if early Christian heretics preserved alternative visions of Jesus-Jewish purely gracious or prophetically inspired-before official orthodoxy took shape?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>This anthology presents fragments of the Ebionites' Jewish-Christian gospel Marcion's radical canon and oracles from the Montanist New Prophecy. Updated for modern readers these texts reveal communities that clashed with mainstream leaders yet influenced the theology worship and scriptural boundaries we take for granted today.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Included Texts:</strong></p><ul><li><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Gospel of the Ebionites & Fragments of Jewish-Christian Sects</strong></li><li><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Marcion's Edited Luke & Pauline Summaries (Patristic Reconstructions)</strong></li><li><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Montanist Oracles</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> - Priscilla and Maximilla's prophecies.</span></li><li><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Epistle of the Apostles & Patristic Excerpts</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> - Early refutations and context.</span></li></ul><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>What You'll Discover Inside:</strong></p><ul><li><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>A More Jewish Jesus?</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> - Ebionite dietary laws rejection of sacrifice the role of the Torah.</span></li><li><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Marcion's God of Pure Grace</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> - A stark divide from the inferior Old Testament creator.</span></li><li><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Prophetic Frenzy vs. Church Order</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> - Montanist oracles challenging hierarchical authority.</span></li><li><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The Formation of the Canon</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> - How these debates forced decisions on scripture and doctrine.</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Meet the heretics who shaped orthodoxy by forcing early Christianity to define its boundaries. Consider their provocative ideas-and why they ultimately lost favor.</span></p>