Encratites

To give an example: Springing from Saturninus and Marcion, those who are called Encratites (self-controlled) preached against marriage, thus setting aside the original creation of God, and indirectly blaming Him who made the male and female for the propagation of the human race.

ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

Tatian, the founder of the sect known as the Encratites, forbade the use of wine, and his adherents refused to make use of it even in the Sacrament of the Altar; in its place they used water.

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

The characteristic of the Encratites was their insistence upon asceticism as essential to Christian living.

A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905

… By way of example, let us say there are those springing from Saturninus and Marcion, who are called Encratites

A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905

V. Tatian, who lived in the year 172, went into many extravagant opinions, was the founder of a sect called Encratites, and was deeply involved in disputes with the Christians of that age; yet Tatian so received the four Gospels as to compose a harmony from them.

Evidence of Christianity William Paley 1774

-- Doctrines of Tatian, the Encratites, and others.

ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

He wrote against the Encratites, and other heretics, and pointed out, as St. Jerom testifies, [2] from what philosophical sect each heresy derived its errors.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

Christian, there is no trace of Christianity until the third century, when Bishop Euphranon is said to have opposed the Encratites.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

Encratites, flesh meat is intrinsically evil and merits the most rigorous kind of prohibition.

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

The sect of the Encratites, which sprang up in the second century in

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