Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words states: “By the middle of the 3rd cent. A.D. the churches had either departed from, or had travestied, certain doctrines of the Christian faith.
Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words karya Vine menyatakan, ” Pada pertengahan abad ke - 3 M, gereja - gereja sudah meninggalkan, atau mencemoohkan, doktrin - doktrin tertentu dari iman Kristen.