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===Tertullian===
The term is employed by [[Tertullian]] (AD 200):

{{blockquote|Where was [[Marcion]] then, that shipmaster of Pontus, the zealous student of Stoicism? Where was [[Valentinus (Gnostic)|Valentinus]] then, the disciple of Platonism? For it is evident that those men lived not so long ago — in the reign of Antoninus for the most part, — and that they at first were believers in the doctrine of the Catholic Church, in the church of Rome under the episcopate of the blessed [[Eleutherus]], until on account of their ever restless curiosity, with which they even infected the brethren, they were more than once expelled.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tertullian|url=https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0311.htm|title=CHURCH FATHERS: The Prescription Against Heretics XXX (Tertullian)|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref>}}