The Sethianians. "He was Shem, the son of Noah!"
The Theodotians. "He was Melchisedech!"
The Merinthians. "He was only a man!"
The Apollinarists. "He assumed the appearance of one! He simulated the Passion!"
Marcel of Ancyra. "He was a development of the Father!"
Pope Calixtus. "Father and Son are but two modes of one God's manifestation!"
Methodius. "He was first in Adam, then in man!"
Cerinthus. "And He will rise again!"
Valentinus. "Impossible—his body being celestial!"
Paul of Samosata. "He became God only from the time of his baptism!"