Gospel of Mark, "Greek Enforcers," and Marcionite Priority?

[Etwa11]

The C's have said that the Gospel of Mark, like Matthew, Luke, and John were written by "Greek Enforcers" somewhat similar to our FBI.

This link from this modern "Marcionite Church of Christ" claims the gospel Marcion had in his possession contained one (or more) statements from Matthew but in a reversed form, and proposes that Marcion's gospel might have been some kind of "Super Evangelion" that was used by others to created the other synaptic gospels:

“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.”

But both Adamantius and Isidore of Pelusium report that Marcion’s Gospel preserved a reversed form of this saying:

“Think not that I am come to fulfil the law, or the prophets: I am not come to fulfil, but to destroy.”

Marcionite Church of Christ - Birthplace of the first Christian Holy Bible

Birthplace of the first Christian Holy Bible and home of the oldest inscription bearing the name of Jesus Christ.

marcionitechurchofchrist.org

This got me thinking of the C's comment, and wondering of the known gospel of Mark isnt already a redaction, and if Marcion's gospel could have been an earlier version of Mark, or both derived from an earlier version.

This is also an interesting quote in general, from scholar David Litwa's site:
"But in this case we have a surprisingly clear statement from Tertullian, Against Marcion 4.4.4

Marcion per Antithesis suas arguit ut interpolatum a protectoribus Iudaismi ad concorporationem legis et prophetarum, quo etiam Christum inde confingerent

Marcion in his Antitheses argues that [his Gospel] was falsified by the defenders of Judaism to become one body with the Law and Prophets, and from this [falsification] they fictionally invent even Christ.

I continue to be floored by this remark. If I’m reading it correctly, then in his Antitheses, Marcion accused his early catholic opponents of inventing a fictional Christ."

Marcion: the Best Evidence for Ancient Mythicism

What I recently discovered is that external critics of Christianity were not the only ancient mythicists. There were Christian mythicists as well: Christians who said that the Jesus of other Christ…

mdavidlitwa.com

 

[Etwa11]

Sorry, this was the link to that article from that "Marcionite Church of Christ" with that line in Matthew, but reversed. I accidentally linked to the site's homepage:

I Came Not to Fulfill but to Destroy: What the Evangelicon Really Said - Marcionite Church of Christ

Birthplace of the first Christian Holy Bible and home of the oldest inscription bearing the name of Jesus Christ.

marcionitechurchofchrist.org

 

[herondancer]

Hi @Etwa11 . That's an interesting find. You might enjoy reading Laura's From Paul to Mark, where she discusses Marcion, his relationship to Paul's letters (he had his own set), the Jerusalem Church, and all the political shenanigans and power struggles going on at that time. You can get a Kindle version on Amazon.

"Nearly two thousand years ago the seeds of a new religion were sown in the eastern fringes of the Roman empire. An apostle named Paul wrote letters to his small congregations offering support, rebukes, and the outline of the gospel that would come to be known as Christianity. In the decades after came the Gospel of Mark, followed by more letters and more Gospels, controversies and debates, factions and infighting, until finally, Christianity became an empire.

But what if nearly everything you thought you knew about early Christianity was wrong? When read without preconceptions, the available contemporary sources tell a very different story, filled with ‘colorful’ characters, hardened revolutionaries, political maneuvering, and ideological conflict. In this groundbreaking study, Laura Knight-Jadczyk strips away centuries of assumptions and dogma to reexamine the fundamentals of what we can truly know of the early Christians, how we know it, and how that changes our picture of what was really happening in first-century Judea."

edit: added info

 

[Etwa11]

Yeah, I need to read to the book. Thanks.