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Originally Posted by pastorALly
None of this answers my very simple question to your original statement that Marcion rejected the OT. Again, I ask. "Why?"
And, again I ask, "What does the Nicene Creed have to do with the NT canon?"
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This is simple Christianity history 101.
Marcion and followers wanted to reject the entire OT. They wanted their own version of the NT.
A Creed was needed to create uniformity in Christianity. For the same reason a final canon of the NT was also needed.