NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

Luke 10:18

Epistle of Ignatius to the Philippians

Darest thou, then, who didst fall "as lightning"[46]

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

This Spirit, again, He did confer upon the Church, sending throughout all the world the Comforter from heaven, from whence also the Lord tells us that the devil, like lightning, was cast down.[317]

Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul

really "behold Satan as lightning fall from heaven; "[123]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book II

is manifest, properly belongs to the transgression of the angel, and not to the prince's: for none among human beings was either born in the paradise of God, not even Adam himself, who was rather translated thither; nor placed with a cherub upon God's holy mountain, that is to say, in the heights of heaven, from which the Lord testifies that Satan fell; nor detained amongst the stones of fire, and the flashing rays of burning conStellations, whence Satan was cast down like lightning.[147]

Origen de Principiis Book I

For if, as some think, he was a nature of darkness, how is Lucifer said to have existed before? Or how could he arise in the morning, who had in himself nothing of the light? Nay, even the Saviour Himself teaches us, saying of the devil, "Behold, I see Satan fallen from heaven like lightning."[101]

Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes

But it was of Satan that He spoke when He said, that He "beheld him as lightning fall from heaven; "[166]

Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes

Hence also certain of the angels, refusing to submit themselves to the commandment of God, resisted His will; and one of them indeed fell like a flash of lightning[290]

Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VIII

who hast cast him down as lightning from heaven to earth,[60]

The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs III

And Beliar shall be bound by Him, and He shall give power to His children to tread upon the evil spirits.[33]

Clementine Homily XIX

And He pointed out that He saw the evil one like lightning falling down from heaven.[5]

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Luke 10:18

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