Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV And it is He who uses [the words], that it will be more tolerable for Sodom in the general judgment than for those who beheld His wonders, and did not believe on Him, nor receive His doctrine[575] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V And why is this? Has the Word come for the ruin and for the resurrection of many? For the ruin, certainly, of those who do not believe Him, to whom also He has threatened a greater damnation in the judgment-day than that of Sodom and Gomorrah;[239] Tertullian On Fasting Sodom also, and Gomorrah, would have escaped if they had fasted.[53]