NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

2 Corinthians 11:14

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI

Further, let those who say that philosophy took its rise from the devil know this, that the Scripture says that "the devil is transformed into an angel of light."[125]

Tertullian De Corona

Demanding then a law of God, you have that common one prevailing all over the world, engraven on the natural tables to which the apostle too is wont to appeal, as when in respect. of the woman's veil he says, "Does not even Nature teach you? "[20]

Tertullian An Answer to the Jews

and, for every one hurt by such snakes-that is, his angels[217]

Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul

God forbid, however, that we should suppose that the soul of any saint, much less of a prophet, can be dragged out of (its resting-place in Hades) by a demon. We know that "Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light"[338]

Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics

an angel of deceit, "transformed into an angel of light,"[60]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book V

If "Satan himself, too, is transformed into an angel of light,"[583]

Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

passed away from his own bodily substance; and that Satan himself, when "transformed into an angel of light,"[431]

Origen Against Celsus Book VIII

I think, therefore, that the prince of this world, who "transforms himself into an angel of light,"[11]

Methodius Discourse X. Domnina

And hence he wishes to seem a fig-tree or vine, and to produce sweetness and joy, and is "transformed into an angel of light,"[12]

Recognitions of Clement II "To this Aquila answered: "How, then, are men in fault, if the wicked one, transforming himself into the brightness of light,[13]

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2 Corinthians 11:14

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