... is not an invention of Milton
I found this reading a post on spiritual attacks ... It includes references to the ECFs on the matter. May add it to my chart although it is not a particularly controversial doctrine so it might be more a clutter than not.
Irenaeus writes:
"The devil, however, since he is an apostate angel, is able, as he was in the beginning, to lead astray and to deceive the mind of man for the transgressing of God's commands. Little by little he can darken the hearts of those who would try to serve him, to the point that, forgetting the true God, they adore him as if he were God" (Against Heresies 5:24:3 [inter A.D. 180-199]).
Origen writes:
"In regard to the devil and his angels and opposing powers, the ecclesiastical teaching maintains that these beings do indeed exist, but what they are or how they exist is not explained with sufficient clarity. This opinion, however, is held by most: that the devil was an angel and, having apostatized, he persuaded as many angels as possible to fall away with himself; and these, even to the present time, are called his angels" (Fundamental Doctrines 1:Preface:6 [inter A.D. 220-230]).
It may not be explicit in the Old Testament; but the idea of fallen angels is a part of Jewish rabbinic tradition. Stories of fallen angels exist in the Talmud.
I found this reading a post on spiritual attacks ... It includes references to the ECFs on the matter. May add it to my chart although it is not a particularly controversial doctrine so it might be more a clutter than not.
Irenaeus writes:
"The devil, however, since he is an apostate angel, is able, as he was in the beginning, to lead astray and to deceive the mind of man for the transgressing of God's commands. Little by little he can darken the hearts of those who would try to serve him, to the point that, forgetting the true God, they adore him as if he were God" (Against Heresies 5:24:3 [inter A.D. 180-199]).
Origen writes:
"In regard to the devil and his angels and opposing powers, the ecclesiastical teaching maintains that these beings do indeed exist, but what they are or how they exist is not explained with sufficient clarity. This opinion, however, is held by most: that the devil was an angel and, having apostatized, he persuaded as many angels as possible to fall away with himself; and these, even to the present time, are called his angels" (Fundamental Doctrines 1:Preface:6 [inter A.D. 220-230]).
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