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The Apostate Fathers
Irenaeus perceptively observed, "Error, indeed, is never set forth in its naked deformity, lest, being thus exposed, it should at once be detected. But it is craftily decked out in an attractive dress, so as, by its outward form, to make it appear to the inexperienced [to be] more true than the truth itself." This is true. If Satan does have ministers plying their trade among the saints, as Paul claimed he does (2Cor. 11:13-15), then we should expect them to mix in their poison with the pure water of the Word rather than to tell nothing but lies. Otherwise, they would deceive no one. Just as Israel was warned of prophets whose prophecies came true but who afterward attempted to lead God’s sheep astray (Dt. 13:1-3), so we were warned by the apostles to beware of teachers who speak well of Jesus, but who then would lead us away from the righteousness of God. Jesus also sounded that warning. He said, “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves” (Mt. 7:15). This book examines the teachings of some of the most successful of the wolves that came in among the sheep of God after the apostles’ time.
Listen as John Clark Sr. gives an introduction to his book, "The Apostate Fathers", which studies the writings of some of the men considered to be fathers of the Christian faith.
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