ACC ~ 2 Peter 2 v4

GOD CAST THEM INTO HELL. PACHOMIUS: The angels were in heaven and were thrown into the abyss. But on the other hand, Elijah and Enoch were raised into the kingdom of heaven. COMMUNION 3.25.

TO BE KEPT UNTIL THE JUDGMENT. AUGUSTINE: It is a fixed and unchanging religious truth that the devil and his angels are never to return to the life and holiness of the saints. From Scripture we know that God’s sentence implies that he dragged them down by infernal ropes to Tartarus and delivered them to be tortured and kept in custody for judgment. They will be received into everlasting fire and there tortured forever and ever. THE CITY OF GOD 21.23.

COMMITTED TO PITS OF NETHER GLOOM. CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA: When Christ came from heaven, he bound the leaders of the demons in hell. This is clear from the way in which he commanded the spirits, lest they be thrown into the abyss. For he bound some and ordered others to depart, as we can see from sayings like “Look, I have given you power over unclean spirits”; “Cast out demons,” and so on. Afterwards, in order to perfect the punishment of those whom he had earlier bound, he cast them into eternal fire.CATENA.

GOD DID NOT SPARE THE ANGELS. HILARY OF ARLES: The angels sinned in three ways, by their pride, by their envy and by their lust. In this verse it is made clear that sin can occur even if it is not done overtly in the flesh. It is obvious that the essence of sin is consent to do evil. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER.

EVIL ANGELS WERE CREATED GOOD. BEDE: It is to be remembered that the wicked angels were not created that way by God. They became evil by their own sins. Therefore they too will have to undergo the last judgment, even though they have already been cast into the fiery prison of the lower depths. Hell is referred to in this way in order to emphasize that it is as far away from the heights of heaven as it can possibly be. ON 2 PETER.

COMPARING THE REBELLION OF ANGELS AND HUMANS. OECUMENIUS: If God did not spare the rebellious angels, who had stood in honor before him because of the immortality of their nature, how much less will he spare mere humans, whom he has created out of perishable matter! COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER.

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