Pre-Nicene Perspective

About Pre-Nicene Perspective

Much of Pre-Nicene Christian history has been altered, erased and in many cases, completely fabricated. But with every episode of Pre-Nicene Perspective we take you closer to the truth through the prism of The Very First Bible of 144 A.D. Hosted by Presbyter Darren Kelama with theological assistance from MarcioniteChurch.org Produced by the Pre-Nicene Christian Ecclesia: https://pre-nicene.org The Very First Bible: https://www.theveryfirstbible.org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@prenicenetv Twitter: https://twitter.com/PreNicene_TV Free Bookstore: https://payhip.com/TheVeryFirstBible

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Pre-Nicene.org

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

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No

First episode

29 Oct 2020

Latest episode

26 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

122 episodes in the feed.

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   26 Aug 2026

   The Archivist, Not the Heretic: Marcion, Scriptural Proof, and the False Charges of Docetism, Ditheism, and Gnosticism

   In this episode, we reopen a 2,000-year-old early Christian cold case to examine Marcion of Sinope, the Pontic shipowner who compiled the world’s very first Christian canon in 144 AD. Traditional church history has long branded him a dangerous heretic who taught Ditheism, Docetism, and Gnosticism while hacking the Gospel of Luke to pieces. However, a groundbreaking study by Professor A.W. Mitchell in the Journal of Pre-Nicene Christian Studies (https://www.journal.pre-nicene.org/JPCS-August-2026.html#references) (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21985332) turns this ancient narrative completely on its head, revealing that the accusations were merely polemical caricatures invented by hostile heresy-hunters. We dive deep into the forensic literary evidence proving that Marcion did not "mutilate" the Gospel of Luke; rather, canonical Luke is a later, heavily edited, and Judaized expansion of Marcion’s earlier, shorter Evangelion. We will dissect how the legendary 30-year "silent years" of Jesus' life are actually structural scar tissue left behind by editors attempting to graft a biological birth narrative onto a primitive, cosmic descent gospel. Finally, we reveal how the chief accuser Tertullian was too textually unstable to be trusted, and how even Jerome's Latin Vulgate project secretly raided Marcion's archives to translate the epistles of Paul. It's an eye-opening journey into the psychology of ancient theological projection, showing that the history of the New Testament actually runs backwards. Notes: The Very First Bible: The Evangelion and Apostolikon (144 AD) (https://theveryfirstbible.org). Marcionite Church, 2020. ISBN 978-0578641591. Tertullian. Adversus Marcionem. Ed. and trans. Ernest Evans. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon, 1972. Irenaeus. Adversus Haereses. In Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, ed. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson. Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing, 1885. Epiphanius. Panarion, Book 42. Trans. Frank Williams. The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I. 2nd ed. Leiden: Brill, 2009. Lactantius. De Mortibus Persecutorum, 12.3–5. Le Bas, Philippe, and William H. Waddington. Inscriptions grecques et latines recueillies en Grèce et en Asie Mineure. Vol. 3, Inscription 2558. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1870. [Deir Ali / Lebaba inscription, 318 AD.] Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. Codex Vaticanus Arch. B. S. Pietro A 3 (Vat. lat. 214664). Digital Vatican Library. https://digi.vatlib.it/mss/detail/214664 BeDuhn, Jason D. The First New Testament: Marcion’s Scriptural Canon. Salem, OR: Polebridge Press, 2013. Harnack, Adolf von. Marcion: The Gospel of the Alien God. Trans. John E. Steely and Lyle D. Bierma. Durham, NC: Labyrinth Press, 1990. (Orig. German ed. 1921/1924.) Hays, Christopher M. “Marcion vs. Luke: A Response to the Plädoyer of Matthias Klinghardt.” Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 99 (2008): 213–232. Kelama, Darren, and A. W. Mitchell. “The 29 AD Eclipse-Seismic Theophany: Astronomical and Historical Evidence for the Primitive Christian Evangelion and the Resolution of the Phlegonian Conflation.” Journal of Pre-Nicene Christian Studies 2/1 (2026). DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18291492. Klinghardt, Matthias. The Oldest Gospel and the Formation of the Canonical Gospels. Leuven: Peeters, 2021. (Orig. German ed. 2015.) Knox, John. Marcion and the New Testament: An Essay in the Early History of the Canon. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1942. Lieu, Judith. Marcion and the Making of a Heretic: God and Scripture in the Second Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Mitchell, A. W. “The Theophanic Replacement Protocol: A Forensic Reconstruction of Divine Identity Theft, Textual Erasure, and the Formation of Nicene Christianity.” Journal of Pre-Nicene Christian Studies 1/5 (2025). DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17964659. MarcioniteChurch.org

2. 

   12 Jul 2026

   The Great Nothing Has Returned: A Christian Survival Guide

   A malevolent force is operating through every lever of power — government, media, finance, military — and for the first time in history, its reach is nearly global. Borders that once kept the damage in check are gone. Good has been inverted as evil. Most people feel it but can't name it. In this episode of Presbyter Chat, Darren Kelama names it — and traces it straight back to the Pre-Nicene Christians who fought the same enemy centuries ago. Drawing on scripture from the first Christian Bible of 144 AD, academic research from the Journal of Pre-Nicene Christian Studies, and the survival playbook of the most persecuted denomination in history — the Marcionites — this episode lays out: • Who the "sons of disobedience" are and how they operate through hijacked institutions • Why voting, politics, and the democratic path are now closed • The ancient Greek discipline of Apatheia — calm, detached clarity in the face of manufactured chaos • How persecuted Christians survived by becoming invisible to a system that feeds on fear • Practical steps to disconnect, go off-grid, and protect your family before the window closes Scripture readings from the Evangelion and the Epistle to the Laodiceans. Referenced theologians include Thomas Römer, Walter Brueggemann, Peter Enns, and A.W. Mitchell's Theophanic Replacement Protocol. The enemy cannot crush an opponent it cannot see, cannot starve, and cannot terrorize. Your duty is to survive. Notes: Mitchell, A. W. "The Theophanic Replacement Protocol: A Forensic Reconstruction of Divine Identity Theft, Textual Erasure, and the Formation of Nicene Christianity." Journal of Pre-Nicene Christian Studies (2025). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17964659. Romer, Thomas. The Invention of God. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2015 Sorabji, Richard. Emotion and Peace of Mind: From Stoic Agitation to Christian Temptation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. The Very First Bible: The Evangelion and Apostolikon (144 AD). 2020. Marcionite Church (marcionitechurch.org). ISBN: 978-0578641591. Link (https://www.amazon.com/Very-First-Bible-Marcion-Sinope/dp/0578641593/) Marcionite Church (MarcioniteChurch.org) Podcast based largely on this paper: https://www.journal.pre-nicene.org/JPCS-July-2026.html External media: https://www.youtube.com/@PreNiceneTV Free PreNicene Bible ebook (https://www.theveryfirstbible.org/ebook.html) version: https://www.theveryfirstbible.org/ebook.html

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   17 Jun 2026

   Who Were the Ghost Bishops of Jerusalem? Exposing a 1,700 Year Coverup (Part 1)

   In the library of a theological seminary, a researcher opens Eusebius's Church History and traces the bishops of Jerusalem - the mother church, the apostolic see of sees. He finds fifteen names spanning nearly two centuries. Marcus. Cassian. Publius. Maximus. Julian. Gaius. Symmachus. And eight more.No biographies. No letters. No sermons. No doctrines. No martyrdom accounts. Not a single quotation from their enemies. Fifteen bishops, two hundred years - and a perfect, surgical silence.Rome, Antioch, and Alexandria - churches that suffered the same persecutions - all preserved rich documentary traditions. Only Jerusalem is a vacuum. Not a damaged record. An erasure.This is Part 1 of "Sleight of Hand, Sleight of Scripture" - a documentary series from Pre-Nicene Perspective, hosted by Darren Kelama, based on the 2026 paper "The Myth of the Jerusalem Continuity" by Chancellor A.W. Mitchell (Journal of Pre-Nicene Christian Studies).In this episode, we walk the crime scene: Aelia Capitolina, the pagan colony Hadrian built on the rubble of Jerusalem in AD 135. Banned from the city on pain of death were not only Jews - but Jewish scriptures. Inside those walls, the only Christian canon that could legally exist was one without the Old Testament: the Evangelion and the Apostolikon. Hadrian, unwittingly, granted the unalloyed Pauline gospel a two-hundred-year sanctuary.And we meet the first ghost: Marcus, the first Gentile bishop of Aelia Capitolina, whom Mitchell identifies as the first Christian bishop in the Pauline sense - leader of a church whose Bible had no Torah, whose God was not Yahweh, whose throne was the mother church itself, and whose treasury held the accumulation of Paul's diaspora collection. ▶ PART 2 DROPS NEXT WEEK—————————⏱ CHAPTERS—————————0:00 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kfpgXvGtw) — Cold Open: Fifteen Names, Fifteen Ghosts1:52 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kfpgXvGtw&t=112s) — The Question That Launched a 1,700-Year Cold Case2:20 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kfpgXvGtw&t=140s) — Welcome to Pre-Nicene Perspective (Series Intro)2:48 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kfpgXvGtw&t=168s) — Aelia Capitolina (AD 135)4:12 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kfpgXvGtw&t=252s) — Possessing the Septuagint Was a Capital Crime5:08 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kfpgXvGtw&t=308s) — The Only Christians Who Could Survive in Aelia6:04 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kfpgXvGtw&t=364s) — The Mitchell Thesis (2026 Paper)7:00 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kfpgXvGtw&t=420s) — Part III — The Red Herrings8:24 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kfpgXvGtw&t=504s) — Claim 1: "The Records Were Lost"9:48 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kfpgXvGtw&t=588s) — Claim 2: Irenaeus Never Quotes Them10:44 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kfpgXvGtw&t=644s) — Claim 3: "Jerusalem Was Always Yahwist"11:40 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kfpgXvGtw&t=700s) — Part IV — The Investigation Begins12:36 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kfpgXvGtw&t=756s) — The First Christian Bishop in the Pauline Sense13:04 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kfpgXvGtw&t=784s) — The Treasury of the Mother Church13:52 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kfpgXvGtw&t=832s) — The Apostolikon — Paul's War Report14:28 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kfpgXvGtw&t=868s) — Marcus Resolves to Act (Cliffhanger — Part 2 Next Week)—————————ACADEMIC SOURCES & FURTHER READING—————————📄 PRIMARY SOURCE — the paper this episode is based on:Mitchell, A. W. "The Myth of the Jerusalem Continuity: Aelia Capitolina, the Marcionite Mission to Rome, and the Suppressed Apostolic Succession (AD 135–325)." Journal of Pre-Nicene Christian Studies (2026). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20481484🔗 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20481484 (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbk5DT2dWQ2pIOWdPWnh1ZE1CUmI1dTNla3pqZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsQThuVUNKTG9ldmFMZmVGT3JKelhaTlpGZDk3aFdqU2J5UkhmQkNrLTdNQTVmNTltdl9UV1JqWkNNRlNxVU94cHBpaFZLck1EdVVkb2w3Z1BpU1NlcERNcHljWHp6RVhfT0NYRC1JNEVLb192bnA5cw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.5281%2Fzenodo.20481484&v=K8kfpgXvGtw)🏛️ MODERN SECONDARY SCHOLARSHIP:• BeDuhn, Jason D. The First New Testament: Marcion's Scriptural Canon. Salem, OR: Polebridge Press, 2013. (Especially pp. 28–33 on Marcion's maritime network and the in-situ gathering of the Pauline scrolls.)• Ehrman, Bart D. Forged: Writing in the Name of God. New York: HarperOne, 2011. (On the industrialization of pseudepigraphy.)• The Very First Bible 144 AD: The Evangelion and Apostolikon. Marcionite Church, 2020. ISBN 978-0578641591.🏛️ INSTITUTION & HOST:• Marcionite Keleuthos Divinity School — 🔗 https://marcionitechurch.org (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTNUdjFMWHV1T3l2YVJPUjRWTVRWRHFBSHdMZ3xBQ3Jtc0treERpY2NHdkRqTGZoNktYbmtWc1BqQUJGU2J5SWdvYjVtQmd5dXMwT0N4Z0ltMUNiWXpFLTFVVktqWHBXdGtIUktFdjdoNDhxNDZjTzhObUZIN2w1Z0JLMHFFUnF3VkRaWVIyR2FOQUlZcW84c1lfcw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcionitechurch.org%2F&v=K8kfpgXvGtw)• Host: Darren Kelama — Pre-Nicene PerspectiveThe Very First Bible:https://www.theveryfirstbible.org (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqazljUkZhUVh3X2lsTHlBc096N3U2MkJBUFhlZ3xBQ3Jtc0tucENvSVY1djVaSC10Ti1PQ1VXRDhKU0pyaXVKbDRvZTlSMnZWamkwWVUwQ1h5a1pIV0ZzMklKbGV0Wk1lYTFJcFBjaTk3Q2Mwcko3X0tLWktWS2VmMWdCWUtFWTduTGtmbFRzVm1tQXB6cU5aM05uVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theveryfirstbible.org%2F&v=K8kfpgXvGtw)

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