The Poison of the Serpent

They set forth, indeed, the name of Christ Jesus as a sort of lure, but in various ways they introduce the impieties of Simon; and thus they destroy multitudes, wickedly disseminating their own doctrines by the use of a good name, and, through means of its sweetness and beauty, extending to their hearers the bitter and malignant poison of the serpent, the great author of apostasy.

Do you want to guess who said this and about whom it was said?  Sounds to me like the author was talking about the Word of Faith teachers, or perhaps Joel Osteen, or perhaps - you name them!

This was written by Irenaeus in Against Heresies, directed at Cerdo and Marcion, two of the Gnostic false teacher of his time.