From William G. Most (1915-1999 AD)
v. 6:1-4: Sons of God and daughters of men: Many Fathers in the first 4 centuries thought angels had bodies, and so these lines meant real children of angels: St. Justin, Athenagoras, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, St. Irenaeus, St. Cyprian, St. Augustine. St. Justin thought Psalm 78.25 meant that angels have food in heaven: “men ate the bread of angels”. He even added, that the offspring were demons. Now God could not create beings evil from the start. But Justin was fond of Plato, who spoke of daimones, beings intermediate between the secondary gods and the great God on the one hand, and humans. Later Platonists even spoke of good and bad daimones (cf. Augustine, City of God 9. 19). Then Julius Africanus proposed they were children of Seth.
But today we consider it a fragment, within the mythic genre spoken of by John Paul II, which the inspired writer used, without asserting its truth, to show the decline of the race leading to the deluge. On Feb. 13, 1905 the Pontifical Biblical Commission said we may consider the possibility of implicit citations if there are solid reasons, and if it does not contradict the Church. Our case meets those standards. Cf. EB 160 and 181-86.
Indeed, not only do “Many Fathers in the first 4 centuries” think that Angels have bodies but this is the only biblical option and conclusion.
So, as per Justin the Genesis 6 affair’s sons of God are Angels and their offspring are demons. Well, this is not clear within the Bible and main speculations range from that fallen Angles are the demons and that the soul of dead Nephilim are demons (I will propose my own speculation on this matter in a book that I hope to publish soonish).
Then the Sethite view is noted but both it and the Angel view are abandoned in typical Catholic style: not based on the Bible but based on thus saith the Pope.
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