In the Catholic church, however, common sense prevailed, and those who desired to follow the Encratite ideal repaired to the monasteries.
2
It is of a strongly Encratite character and dates from the 2nd century.
3
Marriage and property had already been eschewed in the Jewish Essene and Therapeutic sects, and in Christianity the name of Encratite was given to those who repudiated marriage and the use of wine.
4
The encratite tendency in these Acts is not so strongly developed as in those of Andrew and Thomas.