Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians "For whosoever does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is antichrist; "[41] Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians And he that rejects the incarnation, and is ashamed of the cross for which I am in bonds, this man is antichrist.[24] Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics But in his epistle he especially designates those as "Antichrists" who "denied that Christ was come in the flesh,"[361] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V and do not acknowledge[741] Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ the virgin friend of Apelles. Surely he is antichrist who denies that Christ has come in the flesh.[339] Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh no one has as yet escaped from Antichrist;[144] Cyprian Epistle LXXII how can either darkness illuminate, or unrighteousness justify? And when they say that "they are not of God, but are of the spirit of Antichrist,"[20]