NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
Matthew 25:41
Dialogue of Justin
Again, in other words, by which He shall condemn those who are unworthy of salvation, He said, `Depart into outer darkness, which the Father has prepared for Satan and his, angels.'[291]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II
reover, since there are in the world some creatures that are gentle, and others that are fierce, some that are innocuous, while others are hurtful and destroy the rest; some have their abode on the earth, others in the water, others in the air, and others in the heaven; in like manner, they are bound to show that the Aeons possess such properties, if indeed the one are the images of the others. And besides; "the eternal fire which the Father has prepared for the devil and his angels,"[34]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II
but He shall send the unrighteous, and those who do not the works of righteousness, "into everlasting fire, where their worm shall not die, and the fire shall not be quenched."[282]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
And this same thing does the Lord also say in the Gospel, to those who are found upon the left hand: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into ever: lasting fire, which my Father hath prepared for the devil and his angels; "[454]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
As then the unrighteous, the idolaters, and fornicators perished, so also is it now: for both the Lord declares, that such persons are sent into eternal fire;[392]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
thus also the punishment of those who do not believe the Word of God, and despise His advent, and are turned away backwards, is increased; being not merely temporal, but rendered also eternal. For to whomsoever the Lord shall say, "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire,"[405]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
were accustomed to threaten those who were unbelieving, concerning whom also the Lord Himself declares, "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, which my Father has prepared for the devil and his angels."[501]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
It is therefore one and the same God the Father who has prepared good things with Himself for those who desire His fellowship, and who remain in subjection to Him; and who has the eternal fire for the ringleader of the apostasy, the devil, and those who revolted with him, into which [fire] the Lord[628]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
For this reason, therefore, He has termed those "angels of the devil," and "children of the wicked one,"[651]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V
Now this is what is called Gehenna, which the Lord styled eternal fire.[328]
Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen
O the prodigious folly of being ashamed of the Lord! He offers freedom, you flee into bondage; He bestows salvation, you sink down into destruction; He confers everlasting life, you wait for punishment, and prefer the fire which the Lord "has prepared for the devil and his angels."[104]
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews
and, for every one hurt by such snakes-that is, his angels[217]
Tertullian Against Hermogenes
But if, on the other hand, there is to be an end of evil, when the chief thereof, the devil, shall "go away into the fire which God hath prepared for him and his angels"[109]
Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ
For although there is assigned to angels also perdition in "the fire prepared for the devil and his angels,"[201]
Origen de Principiis Book III
But, on the contrary, to the others, as being censurable in comparison with them, He says, "Depart, ye cursed, into everlasting fire!"[58]
Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes
why do you not find fault with the other, who says, "Depart from me into everlasting fire? "[712]
Clementine Homily XIX
And in another place, He promised that He would say to those who are impious, `Go ye into outer darkness, which the Father prepared for the devil and his angels.'[10]
Clementine Homily XX
When Peter said this, Lazarus, who also was one of his followers, said: "Explain to us the harmony, how it can be reasonable that the wicked one should be appointed by the righteous God to be the punisher of the impious, and yet should himself afterwards be sent into lower darkness along with his angels and with sin-nets: for I remember that the Teacher Himself said this."[37]