Pelagius — on 2Tim 2:17 (PELAGIUS'S COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY)

“That kind of wound is called a suppurating sore, which begins in the female breasts and then grows quickly into the abdominal region. When it finally becomes a poison that permeates the heart, there is no remedy. In just such a way the discussions of heretics are to be avoided, lest through the ears they reach the mind with an irremediable wound.”