Archelaus, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, A Fragment of the Same Disputation… (1885)
“ Give us a statement now of the doctrines you promulgate.—Thereupon the man, whose mouth was like an open sepulchre, [1] began at once with a word of blasphemy against the Maker of all things, saying: The God of the Old Testament is the inventor of evil, who speaks thus of Himself: “I am a consuming fire.” [2] —But the sagacious Archelaus completely undid this blasphemy. For he said: If the God of the Old Testament, according to your allegation, calls Himself a fire, whose son is He who says, “I am come to send fire upon the earth?” ”
