Marcion

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A male given name from Latin
• Marcion of Sinope, 2nd century AD</small> theologian, philosopher, preacher and founder of Marcionism, a Hellenistic Christian religious belief system influenced by Gnostic theology; compiled the first Biblical canon, consisting solely of Greek New Testament scriptures, totally rejecting the scriptural authority of the Hebrew Tanakh adopted as the canonical Old Testament of the Christian Bible

Origin

• From Late Latin Mārciōn from Koine Greek Μᾱρκῑ́ων, diminutive of Ancient Greek Μᾶρκος from Latin Mārcus, Mārs + --cus from Old Latin Māvors and Proto-Indo-European *-kos.