MMW 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Demiurge, Marcionism, Nestorius
25 Jan 2017
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Mmw 12 lecture 7 christianities: mystical, mundane, and monastic. Monotheism: if god is good and all-powerful, why is there evil: before, if there were bad things happening, you could blame it on another god/multiple gods. Nature of jesus: can one be divine and human at once: a god having a son sounds a lot like polytheism. Parallel to titans and olympic gods in greece. Marcion(ism): 85-160; vengeful and lesser old testament greater god (demiurge) and. New testament redeemer are different gods: like zeus replacing kronos, rejects old testament and only uses parts of luke and paul"s letters in new. Transition between polytheism and monotheism: denounced by tertullian in 208. Roman christian theologian: old testament god more involved in affairs than new testament god, demiurge explains how things are not perfect. Based on teachings of mani: 3rd century persian prophet. Focuses on cosmic struggle between good god of light and evil god of darkness.
