More than likely, they were quite different. Paul's letters include tidbits like "seed of David" and "born of a woman" to describe Jesus. These features would have been wholly blasphemous to the Marcionites, who saw Jesus as a "higher god" than Yahweh, who rejected all things Jewish and who certainly would have rejected the idea of Jesus as a baby. The Marcionite Jesus came into this world as all gods do, appearing as a fully formed adult one day.
So either:
1. Marcion read these things and promoted Paul, hoping no one else would read them.
2. Marcion promoted Paul as a prophet but never read his letters.
3. Marcion was working with a different set of letters.
I'm going with option 3 as the most likely.
So either:
1. Marcion read these things and promoted Paul, hoping no one else would read them.
2. Marcion promoted Paul as a prophet but never read his letters.
3. Marcion was working with a different set of letters.
I'm going with option 3 as the most likely.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
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... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
