Originally Posted by mizpeh

Tertullian of Carthage (145-220), said of Jesus, "Christ is also God" because "that which has come forth from God [in the virgin birth] is at once God and the Son of God, and the two are one... in His birth. God and man united." Jesus is "both Man and God, the Son of Man and the Son of God."9

http://www.johnankerberg.com/Article...s/AP0707W2.htmTertullian joined the Montanist's who were considered heretics as well. I think the word, heretic, was slung around pretty freely by the early church. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14520c.htm