Revelation 12:9 (WEB)
The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Catechism · 1
“Scripture and the Church's Tradition see in this being a fallen angel, called "Satan" or the "devil".” — Catechism footnote: Cf Jn 8:44; Rev 12:9.
Fathers and councils · 5
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…name, and, through means of its sweetness and beauty, extending to their hearers the bitter and malignant poison of the serpent, the great author of apostasy.” — editor's note: [Rev. xii. 9.]
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Tertullian
“…were suffering extermination by serpents, except that in this case he was exhibiting the Lord’s cross on which the “serpent” the devil was “made a show of,” and, for every one hurt by such snakes—that is, his angels—on turning intently from the peccancy of sins to the sacraments of Christ’s cross, salvation was…” — editor's note: Comp. Col. ii. 14, 15, as before; also Gen. iii. 1, etc.; 2 Cor. xi. 3; Rev. xii. 9.
Read the whole comment“At Rome, for instance, they who have to do with the type of that “inextinguishable fire,” keeping watch over the omens of their own (future) penalty, in company with the (old) dragon himself, are appointed on the ground of virginity.” — editor's note: Comp. Rev. xii. 9, and de Bapt., 1.
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Jerome
“The old serpent hisses no longer, but, writhing and disembowelled, lurks in dark caverns unable to bear the shining of the sun.” — editor's note: Rev. xii. 9.
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Augustine of Hippo
“The devil again is a serpent, “that old serpent;” are we commanded then to imitate the devil, when our Shepherd told us, “Be ye wise as serpents, and simple as doves”?” — editor's note: Rev. xii. 9.
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together in Catechism §391.
Cited together in Catechism §391.
Cited together in Catechism §391.
Cited together in Catechism §391.
Cited together in Catechism §391.
Cited together in Catechism §391.
Cited together in To His Wife I.6.
Cited together in To His Wife I.6.
Cited together in Catechism §391.
Cited together in Letters Letter 88.