Hippolytus of Rome (circa. 170-236 A.D./C.E.)
"Refutatio Omnium Haeresium (= Philosophumena)"
Book 8, Chapter 12 (MacMahon) or Chapter 19 (Legge)
Greek Text by Duncker and Schneidewin, Dieterich, 1859
Page 436
“Ἕτεροι δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ αἱρετικώτεροι τὴν φύσιν, Φρύγεςτὸ γένος, προληφθέντες ὑπὸ γυναίων ἠπάτηνται, Πρισκίλλης τινὸς καὶ Μαξιμίλλης καλουμένων, ἃς προφήτιδας νομίζουσιν, ἐν ταύταις τὸ παράκλητον πνεῦμα κεχωρηκέναι λέγοντες, καί τινα πρὸ αὐτῶν Μοντανὸν ὁμοίως δοξάζουσιν ὡς προφήτην, ὧν βίβλους ἀπείρους ἔχοντες πλανῶνται, μήτε τὰ ὑπ᾿ αὐτῶν λελαλημέναλόγῳ κρίναντες, μήτε τοῖς κρῖναι δυναμένοις προσέχοντες, ἀλλ᾿ ἀκρίτως τῇ πρὸς αὐτοὺς πίστει προσφέρονται,
πλεῖόν τι δι᾿ αὐτῶν φάσκοντες [ὡς] μεμαθηκέναι ἢ ἐκ Νόμου καὶ Προφητῶν καὶ τῶν Εὐαγγελίων. Ὑπὲρ δὲ Ἀποστόλους καὶ πᾶν χάρισμα ταῦτα τὰ γύναια δοξάζουσιν, ὡς τολμᾶν πλεῖόν τι Χριστοῦἐν τούτοις λέγειν τινὰς αὐτῶν γεγονέναι. Οὗτοι τὸν
μὲν Πατέρα τῶν ὅλων Θεὸν καὶ πάντων κτίστην
ὁμοίως τῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ ὁμολογοῦσι καὶ ὅσα τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ μαρτυρεῖ, καινίζουσι
δὲ νηστείας καὶ ἑορτὰς καὶ ξηροφαγίας καὶ ῥαφανοφαγίας φάσκοντες ὑπὸ τῶν γυναίων δεδιδάχθαι. Τινὲς δὲ αὐτῶντῇ τῶν Νοητιανῶν αἱρέσει συντιθέμενοι τὸν Πατέρα αὐτὸν εἶναι τὸν Υἱὸν λέγουσι, καὶ τοῦτον ὑπὸ γένεσιν καὶ πάθος καὶ θάνατον ἐληλυθέναι. Περὶ τούτων αὖθις λεπτομερέστερον ἐκθήσομαι· πολλοῖς γὰρ ἀφορμὴ κακῶν γεγένηται ἡ τούτων αἵρεσις. Ἱκανὰ μὲν οὖν καὶ τὰ περὶ τούτων εἰρημένα κρίνομεν, δι᾿ὀλίγων τὰ πολλὰ φλύαρα αὐτῶν βιβλία τε καὶ ἐπιχειρήματα πᾶσιν ἐπιδείξαντες ἀσθενῆ ὄντα καὶ μηδενὸς λόγου ἄξια, οἷς οὐ χρὴ προσέχειν τοὺς ὑγιαίνοντα νοῦν κεκτημένους.”
http://cts.perseids.org/read/greekLit/tlg2115/tlg060/perseus-grc1/8.1-8.20
Hippolytus of Rome (circa. 170-236 A.D./C.E.)
“Refutation of All Heresies”
Translated by J.H. MacMahon, 1886
Book 8, Chapter 12 [or 19 (Legge)]
“But there are others who themselves are even more heretical in nature (than the foregoing). and are Phrygians by birth. These have been rendered victims of error from being previously captivated by (two) wretched women, called a certain Priscilla and Maximilla, whom they supposed (to be) prophetesses. And they assert that into these the Paraclete Spirit had departed; and antecedently to them, they in like manner consider Montanus as a prophet. And being in possession of an infinite number of their books, (the Phrygians) are overrun with delusion; and they do not judge whatever statements are made by them, according to (the criterion of) reason; nor do they give heed unto those who are competent to decide; but they are heedlessly swept onwards, by the reliance which they place on these (impostors).
And they allege that they have learned something more through these, than from law, and prophets, and the Gospels. But they magnify these wretched women above the Apostles and every gift of Grace, so that some of them presume to assert that there is in them a something superior to Christ. These acknowledge God to be the Father of the universe, and Creator of all things, similarly with
[Greek ὁμοίως (i.e. ὅμοιος) “similar” contrasted to ὁμός “same”] the Church, and (receive) as many things as the Gospel testifies concerning Christ. They introduce, however, the novelties of fasts, and feasts, and meals of parched food, and repasts of radishes, alleging that they have been instructed by women. And some of these assent to the heresy of the Noetians, and affirm that the Father himself is the Son, and that this (one) came under generation, and suffering, and death. Concerning these I shall again offer an explanation, after a more minute manner; for the heresy of these has been an occasion of evils to many. We therefore are of opinion, that the statements made concerning these (heretics) are sufficient when we shall have briefly proved to all that the majority of their books are silly, and their attempts (at reasoning) weak, and worthy of no consideration. But it is not necessary for those who possess a sound mind to pay attention (either to their volumes or their arguments).”
http://home.newadvent.org/fathers/050108.htm
Tertullian of Carthage (circa.145-225 A.D./C.E.)
Liber Adversus Praxeam
Chapter 2.1
"...Nos vero et semper,
et nunc magis ut instructiores per Paracletum, deductorem scilicet omnis veritatis, unicum quidem Deum credimus,
sub hac tamen dispensatione, quam οἰκονομίαν dicimus..."
“We, however, even as we always have,
especially now since we have received a superior education through [Or: "we possess the superior teaching through" "we have been better instructed through" ] the Paraclete, who is the Guide
[Or: “the Escort” “the Leader”] (naturally of course
[Or: “you can be sure of this” “self evidently”]) of all of the truth, we certainly believe that there is only [one] God
[Lit., “a sole God” “an only God”] who, nevertheless, is subject to
[Lit., “under”] a system of distribution
[Or: “a/the dispensation”] which we call
οἰκονομίαν [Or: “which we refer to as οἰκονομίαν”].”
Hippolytus of Rome (circa. 170-236 A.D./C.E.)
“Philosophumena, or Refutation of All Heresies”
Book 8, Chapter 19 [or 12 (MacMahon)], Pages 113-114
Translated by F. Legge, 1921
“But there are others also very heretical by nature, Phrygians by race, who have fallen away after being deceived by certain women, Priscilla and Maximilla by name, whom
[Page 420 (Cruice)] they imagine to be prophetesses. Into these they say the Spirit Paraclete has entered and they likewise glorify [even] above these one Montanus as a prophet. Having endless
[Page 114] books of their own, they are not judging what is said in them according to reason, nor giving heed to those capable of judgment ; but, carried along heedlessly by the faith that they have in them,
imagine that they learn more through them than from the Law, the Prophets, and the Gospels. They glorify these wenches above Apostles and every grace, since some of them dare to say that there are those among them who have become greater than Christ, They confess that God is the Father of the universals, and the Creator of all things in
the same way [Greek ὁμοίως (i.e. ὅμοιος) “similar” as contrasted to ὁμός “same”] as [does] the Church, and also [confess] whatever the Gospel testifies concerning Christ. But they innovate in the matter of feasts and fasts and the eating of vegetable food and roots, thinking that they have learned this from the women. And some of them, agreeing with the heresy of the Noetians, say that the Father is the Son, and that He by being born, underwent
[Page 421 (Cruice)] both suffering and death. Concerning these, I shall later explain more minutely : for to many their heresy has become the starting-point of evils. We judge then that what has been said is sufficient, we having proved briefly to all that their many absurd books and attempts are feeble and not worth consideration, whereto those of sound mind need pay no heed.”
