Marcion of Sinope was an influential early Christian Gnostic who believed that Jesus was a divine spirit who appeared in human form, but did not take on a material human body. He was born in the Black Sea region around 85 AD, and was the son of a bishop, having a thorough grounding in Christianity. He would diverge from mainstream Christianity, and establish his own Christian sect known as Marcionism. His central doctrine was based on two distinct gods: the vengeful and wrathful god of the Old Testament (whom he called the Demiurge) and the benevolent and loving god of the New Testament, whom he associated with Jesus Christ. He rejected the Hebrew Bible entirely, and around 142 AD, he compiled a list of scriptures which included a version of the Gospel of Luke, removing what he saw as Jewish influences and ten of Paul's epistles. He is considered the first person to create a Christian canon. 346
