Marcion's church introduced two manuals for its missionaries, enabling them to turn an average person into an effective shepherd. In this way, staff training was standard and the content was consistent regardless of the place and congregation. Due to its experience in maritime transport logistics, Marcion operated effectively in identical, distributed structures connected to each other in a network. This was the biggest problem for its competitors developing their structures locally without the necessary know-how in management, coaching, organizational division of responsibilities and authorities.
Marcion was the first to achieve a positive financial result by introducing disciplinary values. Asceticism, celibacy, and giving up procreation were supposed to help his missionaries focus on their goals and provide them with social authority.
Marcion's church was simple - there were no polemics against competitors, there was no fighting against others. The people were converted and the position of Christianity was built.
The entire range of early Christian literature was used, selecting stories from its rich offer that allowed to increase the effectiveness of conversion and keeping converts in the church structures.
Tertullian, Epiphanius Justin Martyr and others were a herd of baying propagandists unleashed on Marcion by their bosses, seizing on every trick and lie.
Marcion was the first to achieve a positive financial result by introducing disciplinary values. Asceticism, celibacy, and giving up procreation were supposed to help his missionaries focus on their goals and provide them with social authority.
Marcion's church was simple - there were no polemics against competitors, there was no fighting against others. The people were converted and the position of Christianity was built.
The entire range of early Christian literature was used, selecting stories from its rich offer that allowed to increase the effectiveness of conversion and keeping converts in the church structures.
Tertullian, Epiphanius Justin Martyr and others were a herd of baying propagandists unleashed on Marcion by their bosses, seizing on every trick and lie.
Statistics: Posted by JarekS — Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:30 pm