Gnostic response to Matthew 5:17

[Pedro_1987]

For those that don’t know, gnostic Christianity is the theory that Jesus was a different god than the Old Testament god. Not a Trinity, but a whole pantheon and these two happened to interact with Christianity he most.

But Matthew 5:17 contradicts it. 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

If Jesus was separate, he would’ve never said that.

 

[dmar198]

For those that don’t know, gnostic Christianity is the theory that Jesus was a different god than the Old Testament god. Not a Trinity, but a whole pantheon and these two happened to interact with Christianity he most.

But Matthew 5:17 contradicts it. 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

If Jesus was separate, he would’ve never said that.

The Marcionites dropped the Gospel of Matthew from the Canon in part because it teaches that the Law of Moses came from God. I don’t know how other heretical groups dealt with passages like these, but perhaps that is part of the reason why nobody hears about gnostics anymore unless the Da Vinci Code is on. It was easy to show that their doctrine was contradictory.

 

[Lenten_ashes]

The Marcionites dropped the Gospel of Matthew from the Canon in part because it teaches that the Law of Moses came from God. I don’t know how other heretical groups dealt with passages like these, but perhaps that is part of the reason why nobody hears about gnostics anymore unless the Da Vinci Code is on. It was easy to show that their doctrine was contradictory.

I’ve heard this tossed around by heretics and New testament only, Christians:

Matthew 19:8New Living Translation (NLT)

8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted divorce only as a concession to your hard hearts, but it was not what God had originally intended

In this translation they draw certain implications.