1. Christian heretic, excommunicated ca. 144 A.D.
2. Antilegalistic
3. Rejectd the Old Testament and its God
4. Substituted a Docetic Christ
5. First known New Testament canon:
1. contained St. Paul's epistles
2. considerably excised edition of Gospel of Luke

Derived from Gospel Parallels, Ed. Burton H. Throckmorton, Jr., 1979, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville