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In the earliest Christian movement ... was discussed in the second century, especially after Marcion. Marcion lived in the first half of the second century. He was a wealthy ship owner and ...

Today in Dispatch Faith, U.K.-based journalist Katja Hoyer (who grew up in socialist East Germany) brings an analytical eye ...

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