Hippolytus

“ Now, even those (of the heretics) who are of a more serious turn in regard of [2] the Divinity, and have derived their systems of speculation from the Greeks, must stand convicted [3] (of these charges) . ”

“ But Nicolaus [4] has been a cause of the wide-spread combination of these wicked men. He, as one of the seven (that were chosen) for the diaconate, [5] was appointed by the Apostles. (But Nicolaus) departed from correct doctrine, and was in the habit of inculcating indifferency of both life and food. [6] And when the disciples (of Nicolaus) continued to offer insult to the Holy Spirit, John reproved them in the Apocalypse as fornicators and eaters of things offered unto idols. [7]
Footnotes ↑ Concerning the younger Theodotus, see [vol. iii. p. 654] Tertullian, Præscript., c. liii. ”