Scoring the books of the canon: the Marcionite prologues

This post builds on the previous ones outlining a system for evaluating early Christian writings and an initial evaluation of the canon lists I will be reviewing. This post begins the first review of an actual canon list according to the system outlined: a review of the Marcionite prologues. As mentioned before, the Marcionite prologues are dated somewhere between 100-199 A.D., which gives a raw weight of 3.0 to a list. However, the Marcionite prologues show less interest in history than in whether a writing conforms to certain theological preconceptions, and accordingly has a lower weight than the base value for its date of origin. The adjusted weight for the Marcionite prologues is 1.50, which will be used as the multiplier in the final column below to determine each book's weighted score for this particular canon list.

Early Christian writing	Classification in current list	Raw score	List weighted score
Matthew	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
Mark	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
Luke	Accepted without reservation	5	5 x 1.50 = 7.50
John	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
Acts	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
Romans	Accepted without reservation	5	5 x 1.50 = 7.50
1 Corinthians	Accepted without reservation	5	5 x 1.50 = 7.50
2 Corinthians	Accepted without reservation	5	5 x 1.50 = 7.50
Galatians	Accepted without reservation	5	5 x 1.50 = 7.50
Ephesians*	Accepted without reservation	5	5 x 1.50 = 7.50
Philippians	Accepted without reservation	5	5 x 1.50 = 7.50
Colossians	Accepted without reservation	5	5 x 1.50 = 7.50
1 Thessalonians	Accepted without reservation	5	5 x 1.50 = 7.50
2 Thessalonians	Accepted without reservation	5	5 x 1.50 = 7.50
1 Timothy	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
2 Timothy	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
Titus	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
Philemon	Accepted without reservation	5	5 x 1.50 = 7.50
Hebrews	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
James	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
1 Peter	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
2 Peter	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
Jude	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
1 John	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
2 John	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
3 John	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
Revelation	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
Acts of Paul	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
Acts of Peter	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
Apocalpyse of Peter	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
Epistle of Barnabas	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
Letter to the Alexandrines	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
Letter to the Laodiceans*	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
Shepherd of Hermas	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00
Teachings of the Apostles	Not mentioned	0	0 x 1.50 = 0.00

^* Ephesians: If F.F. Bruce's judgment is correct that what we know as Paul's letter to the Ephesians was, in this list, mistakenly identified as being to the Laodiceans. Anyone interested can re-run the evaluations in question with the appropriate score being moved from the letter to the Ephesians and placed instead on the letter to the Laodiceans.

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A quick note on the list of books: the list here contains all of the books named on any of the five canon lists I am reviewing in this series, regardless of whether the mention is positive or negative. The order of the books is for the convenience of the reader: since the books are listed in different orders on the various lists, the books are listed here in common canonical order for the canonical books, followed by an alphabetical listing of the non-canonical books mentioned.