The Five Books Against Marcion
Tertullian
Book 1 · Chapter 17
About this work
A sustained refutation of Marcion’s theology and edited Scriptures, defending the unity of the Creator and Christ’s Father and reading the Gospel and Pauline letters against Marcionite claims.
- Author
- Tertullian
- Date
- Early 3rd century
- Origin
- Carthage, North Africa
- Genre
- Heresiology
Chapter XVII.—Not Enough, as the Marcionites Pretend, that the Supreme God Should Rescue Man; He Must Also Have Created Him. The Existence of God Proved by His Creation, a Prior Consideration to His Character.
Pressed by these arguments, they exclaim: