Encratites

But since it has seemed good to some in Asia, for the sake of managing the multitude, to accept their baptism, let it be accepted.

that, in order to make themselves unacceptable to the Church, they have henceforth attempted to forestall it with a baptism of their own, and thereby they have falsified even their own custom.

To the subtle Encratites, in answer to their solemn problem—why do we not also eat all things?

they know neither marriage nor the begetting of children, like those now called the Encratites.

others from an activity, like that of the Encratites;