Encratite

It is not certain, however, whether Origen did not confound Dositheus the Pseudo-Messias with an Encratite sectary who lived somewhat later.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

The relief into which abstention from the marriage-bed is brought in these Acts makes it difficult to escape from the conclusion that they have been coloured by Encratite ideas.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

Encratite condemnation of marriage, and a pantheistic Gnosticism.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

Encratite circles must be mentioned: The Gospel according to the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Later (c. 172) he apostatized, became a Gnostic of the Encratite sect, and returned to the Orient.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

I am aware that I have received into episcopal rank Izois and Saturninus from the Encratite following.

NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

Encratite mode of life and the common church practice, and had no longer the courage and the candour to proclaim the "e sæculo excedere."

History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

Similarly, his only reason for not being an Encratite is that this mode of life had already been adopted by heretics, and become associated with dualism.

History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

Church is now completely legitimised, but the higher form no longer appears as Encratite and eschatological, but as Encratite and philosophical.

History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

The Encratite controversy was, on the one hand, swallowed up by the Gnostic, and on the other hand, replaced by the Montanistic.

History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890