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who, though they claim the name of Christ, are in reality "atheists, impious, unrighteous, and sinful, and confessors of Jesus in name only."<ref name="Carson"/>

who, though they claim the name of Christ, are in reality "atheists, impious, unrighteous, and sinful, and confessors of Jesus in name only."<ref name="Carson"/>

At the end of the second century AD (ca 170-190), Philip, a bishop of Gortyn, was a staunch defender of Christian church in [[Crete]] in the face of the early Church gnostic heresies incl. Marcionism and Montanism.<ref>{{cite book |title=History of Crete |author=Theocharēs Eustratiou Detorakēs |translator=John C. Davis |publisher=Mystis Editions |place=Iraklio, Crete |chapter=V.The Arrival of Christianity in Crete |pages=123 |edition= |isbn=978-618-5024-36-9 |url=https://books.google.sk/books?id=4xMMAQAAMAAJ}}</ref>

At the end of the second century AD (ca 170-190), Philip, a bishop of Gortyn, was a staunch defender of Christian church in [[Crete]] in the face of the early Church gnostic heresies incl. [[Marcion]]ism and [[Montanism]].<ref>{{cite book |title=History of Crete |author=Theocharēs Eustratiou Detorakēs |translator=John C. Davis |publisher=Mystis Editions |place=Iraklio, Crete |chapter=V.The Arrival of Christianity in Crete |pages=123 |edition= |isbn=978-618-5024-36-9 |url=https://books.google.sk/books?id=4xMMAQAAMAAJ}}</ref>

*'''Encratites''' were described by [[Irenaeus]] as having 'preached against [[marriage]], thus setting aside the original creation of [[God]], and indirectly blaming Him who made them [[male]] and [[female]] for the propagation of the [[human race]]'. Their attitudes expressed the traits of incipient Gnosticism which regarded matter as evil and despised the material [[creation]].<ref name="Stott1996">{{cite book |author=John Stott |title=The Message of 1 Timothy & Titus |publisher=InterVarsity Press |place=Downers Grove, IL |year=2014 (First Ed. 1996) |pages=113 |isbn=978-0-8308-1247-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/1_Timothy_Titus.html?id=MzUtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref>

*'''Encratites''' were described by [[Irenaeus]] as having 'preached against [[marriage]], thus setting aside the original creation of [[God]], and indirectly blaming Him who made them [[male]] and [[female]] for the propagation of the [[human race]]'. Their attitudes expressed the traits of incipient Gnosticism which regarded matter as evil and despised the material [[creation]].<ref name="Stott1996">{{cite book |author=John Stott |title=The Message of 1 Timothy & Titus |publisher=InterVarsity Press |place=Downers Grove, IL |year=2014 (First Ed. 1996) |pages=113 |isbn=978-0-8308-1247-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/1_Timothy_Titus.html?id=MzUtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref>