Colossians 2:8

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I

And again, "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ; "[123]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI

For Paul too, in the Epistles, plainly does not disparage philosophy; but deems it unworthy of the man who has attained to the elevation of the Gnostic, any more to go back to the Hellenic "philosophy," figuratively calling it the rudiments of this world,"[113]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI

So also to the Colossians, who were Greek converts, "Beware lest any man spoil you by philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of this world, and not after Christ,"[115]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI

It is the prerogative of the Gnostic, then, to know how to make use of speech, and when, and how, and to whom. And already the apostle, by saying, "After the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ,"[230]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI "Now the wild olive is inserted into the fatness of the olive,"[231]

Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul

The apostle, so far back as his own time, foresaw, indeed, that philosophy would do violent injury to the truth.[21]

Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics

Writing to the Colossians, he says, "See that no one beguile you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, and contrary to the wisdom of the Holy Ghost."[77]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book V

When, again, he warns them to "beware of subtle words and philosophy," as being "a vain deceit," such as is "after the rudiments of the world" (not understanding thereby the mundane fabric of sky and earth, but worldly learning, and "the tradition of men," subtle in their speech and their philosophy),[888]

Origen Against Celsus Book I

Paul, indeed, observing that there are in Greek philosophy certain things not to be lightly esteemed, which are plausible in the eyes of the many, but which represent falsehood as truth, says with regard to such: "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ."[10]

Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book IX

For it seems expedient that we, making an onslaught upon the opinion which constitutes the prime source of (contemporaneous) evils, should prove what are the originating principles[4]

Dubious Hippolytus Fragments

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit.[41]

Cyprian Epistle LI

But there is a wide difference between Christians and philosophers. And when the apostle says, "Beware, lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit,"[22]

Cyprian Treatise IX On the Advantage of Patience

Moreover, the blessed Apostle Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, and sent forth for the calling and training of the heathen, bears witness and instructs us, saying, "See that no man despoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ, because in Him dwelleth all the fulness of divinity."[4]

Gregory Thaumaturgus Oration and Panegyric Addressed to Origen

And accordingly, no one of the ancients has ever induced any one of the moderns, or those of the Peripatetic school, to turn to his way of thinking, and adopt his method of philosophizing; and, on the other band, none of the moderns has imposed his notions upon those of the ancient school. Nor, in short, has any one done so with any other.[90]

Lactantius Divine Institutes Book III

But assuredly, because they contributed no advantage to life, they neither obeyed their own decrees, nor has any one been found, through so many ages, who lived in accordance with their laws. Therefore philosophy[61]

The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity

wisdom and the "frivolous error of the plausible words of the wisdom of men,"[113]

The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity "according to the will of the prince of the dominion of the air, and of the spirit which works in those men who will not obey, according to the training of this world, and not according to the doctrine of Christ."[114]