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Fathers 30-325AD
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On Church History

Here is what the Early Church Fathers taught before 325AD

Tertullian was a great writer from about 190 to 200 after 200 AD he joined the Montanists heresy. He made popular the Idea of three strikes and you are out theology. Although this is probably based on the fact that during the persecutions many went back to paganism. Later this would be interpreted that committing any kind of sin three times and you loose your salvation.
Note: if the fathers believed in eternal security why did they just attach his three times idea instead of stating it is impossible anyway. The teachings of Tertullian are as follows:

Notes on the teachings of the third century father Hippolytus. he was the disciple of Irenaeus. The Abbe Cruice mentions the following works as of authority among the Gnostic Naasseni, and from whence they derived their system: The Gospel of Perfection, Gospel of Eve, The Questions of Mary, Concerning the Offspring of Mary, The Gospel of Philip, The Gospel according to (1) Thomas, (2) the Egyptians.