Quotes About Demons

Justin Martyr, c. A.D. 150

You [Jews] hesitate to confess that he is Christ, as the Scriptures and the events witnessed and done in his name prove, perhaps for this reason: that you may be persecuted by the rulers, who, under the influence of the wicked and deceitful spirit, the serpent, will not stop putting to death and persecuting those who confess the name of Christ until [Christ] comes again and destroys them all and gives each what they deserve. (Dialogue with Trypho 39)

Commodianus, c. A.D. 240

When Almighty God , to beautify the nature of the world, willed that that earth should be visited by angels, when they were sent down they despised His laws. Such was the beauty of women, that it turned them aside. Then, being contaminated, they could not return to heaven. Rebels from God, they uttered words against Him. Then the Highest uttered his judgment against them, and from their seed giants are said to have been born.  They made arts known in the earth, and they taught the dyeing of wool and everything which is done. To them, when they died, men erected images. But the Almighty did not allow them to be brought back from death after they died, because they were of an evil seed. As a result they now wander and fight for control of people's bodies. It is the likes of these that you [Romans] now worship and pray to as gods. (Instructions of Commodianus 3)

Thus it has pleased the Lord of lords Himself in the heavens, that demons should wander in the world for our discipline. And yet, on the other hand, he has sent out his mandates, that they who forsake their altars [i.e., the altars of idols, which are demons] shall become inhabitants of heaven. (Instructions of Commodianus 22)