RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Marcion of Sinope

85 - 160

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Marcion of Sinope (; Ancient Greek: Μαρκίων Σινώπης; c. 85 – c. 160) was a theologian in early Christianity. Marcion preached that God had sent Jesus Christ, who was distinct from the "vengeful" God (Demiurge) who had created the world. He considered himself a follower of Paul the Apostle, whom he believed to have been the only true apostle of Jesus Christ; his doctrine is called Marcionism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcion of Sinope has received more than 823,064 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcion of Sinope is the 421st most popular religious figure (down from 320th in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 121st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Religious Figure.

The most famous Marcion of Sinope is most famous for his radical rejection of the Old Testament. Marcion of Sinope believed that the God of the Old Testament was a different god than the God of the New Testament. He believed that the God of the Old Testament was a vengeful, wrathful, and jealous god while the God of the New Testament was a loving, merciful, and forgiving god.

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Over the past year Marcion of Sinope has had the most page views in the with 135,991 views, followed by Spanish (28,174), and French (20,754). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (83.84%), Tagalog (45.55%), and Serbian (41.77%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Marcion of Sinope ranks 421 out of 3,187. Before him are Thecla, Pope Benedict III, Pope Simplicius, Barabbas, Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, and Pope Paul II. After him are Salome, James the Less, Pope Honorius I, Januarius, Vincent of Saragossa, and Saint Titus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 85, Marcion of Sinope ranks 1. After him is Favorinus. Among people deceased in 160, Marcion of Sinope ranks 1. After him are Shimon bar Yochai, Valentinus, Marcus Cornelius Fronto, and Quintus Lollius Urbicus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Marcion of Sinope ranks 149 out of 1,347. Before him are Nikephoros II Phokas (912), Yunus Emre (1240), Apollonius of Tyana (15), Nabonidus (-555), John II Komnenos (1087), and Constantine IX Monomachos (1000). After him are Michael VII Doukas (1050), Basil I (811), Narses (478), Polycarp (69), Evliya Çelebi (1611), and Pope John V (635).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Marcion of Sinope ranks 23. Before him are Sabbatai Zevi (1626), Parascheva of the Balkans (1000), Simeon Stylites (389), Fethullah Gülen (1941), Saint Nino (296), and Thecla (100). After him are Pope John V (635), Pope John VI (655), Laban (-1900), Dorothea of Caesarea (279), Theodore of Amasea (300), and Gregory Palamas (1296).

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