Clement of Alexandria, on Gen 6:1

“And after that men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,”

“The mind is led astray by pleasure, and the virgin center of the mind, if not disciplined by the Word, degenerates into licentiousness and reaps disintegration as reward for its transgressions. An example of this for you is the angels who forsook the beauty of God for perishable beauty and fell as far as heaven is from the earth.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.