Or as the prisons of kings are placed at a distance without, so also hell is somewhere far off without the world, and hence it is called the outer darkness.
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
Also cites: Chrys. Op. imp, Hom. 53. <a href="/bible/matthew/8/22">Matt. 8:22</a>, 25.
