RHODON.
RHodon, though he was of Asia, studied at Rome, and had Tatian for his Master. He wrote many Books, and amongst the rest a Treatise against the Heresie of Marcion, dedicated to one Callistion. He likewise wrote a Piece upon the Hexaëmeron. St. Jerome attributes * 1.1 to him a Book against the Montanists, a Fragment of which, as he supposes, Euse∣bius has cited. But since Eusebius says nothing of its being written by Rhodon, and since it is certainly of a later date, we may be sure that it cannot be his. So that we have nothing of Rhodon's left, save only a passage or two cited by Eusebius, taken out of his Book against the Heresie of Marcion, wherein he observes, that this Heresie in his time was divided into several Sects; that one Apelles acknowledged but one Principle, but that the rejected the Prophecies; that some others, as Potitus and Basilicus acknowledged two, and others introduced three Natures. He also tells us, that he had a Conference with Apelles, and that he himself being convinced of several Errors in their Conference, said, That we are not obliged to examine what we believe, and that all those who place their hope in Jesus Christ crucified, would be saved; that the question about the Nature of God was exceeding obscure; that he in truth believed there was but one Principle, but that he was not assu∣red of it, and that the Prophecies were contrary one to another. Lastly, Eusebius adds, that Rhodon says in this Book, that he was Tatian's Disciple at Rome; that Tatian had written a Book concerning the most difficult questions of Scripture, promising to explain them, but that having never done it, he himself endeavoured to perform it. And this is all we know of this Author; he flourished under the Emperors Commodus and Severus.