Google says St Augustine in his commentary on the 93rd Psalm. My pidgin Latin turned this up: "...et si christiani facti sunt imperatores, numquid diabolus christianus factus est?"
Sources:
Works of Augustine online: http://www.augustinus.it/latino/esposizioni_salmi/esposizione_salmo_114_testo.htm
Migne PL 37 col 1207: http://books.google.com/books?id=yxYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT81#v=onepage&q&f=false
Cited in: (sorry about these long urls)
Lucy Beckett's "In the light of Christ: writings in the Western tradition": http://books.google.com/books?id=l9e2qNabc6gC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=%22The+Emperor+has+become+a+Christian%22+%22the+Devil+has+not%22&source=bl&ots=wmc4JOdBMS&sig=sgNtYbaDduqyHzv15Cv4WyuXRQE&hl=en&ei=0fTeS8fxHYTONeqJ1NkH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22The%20Emperor%20has%20become%20a%20Christian%22%20%22the%20Devil%20has%20not%22&f=false
and Henry Chadwick's "The Church in ancient society: from Galilee to Gregory the Great": http://books.google.com/books?id=nLic1cabc8gC&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=%22The+Emperor+has+become+a+Christian%22+%22the+Devil+has+not%22&source=bl&ots=__wdvSS_-i&sig=gIEvfgB7MhTvAQ3KwET1njCiq3E&hl=en&ei=0fTeS8fxHYTONeqJ1NkH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22The%20Emperor%20has%20become%20a%20Christian%22%20%22the%20Devil%20has%20not%22&f=false
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St Jerome? That would make it rather late, but it's pithy and nicely pessimistic.
I do solemnly swear that I have not googled (but will as soon as I post this).
So what did Google tell you? (Seein' as how no one else is taking a shot at it.)
Google says St Augustine in his commentary on the 93rd Psalm. My pidgin Latin turned this up: "...et si christiani facti sunt imperatores, numquid diabolus christianus factus est?"
Sources:
Works of Augustine online:
http://www.augustinus.it/latino/esposizioni_salmi/esposizione_salmo_114_testo.htm
Migne PL 37 col 1207:
http://books.google.com/books?id=yxYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT81#v=onepage&q&f=false
Cited in: (sorry about these long urls)
Lucy Beckett's "In the light of Christ: writings in the Western tradition": http://books.google.com/books?id=l9e2qNabc6gC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=%22The+Emperor+has+become+a+Christian%22+%22the+Devil+has+not%22&source=bl&ots=wmc4JOdBMS&sig=sgNtYbaDduqyHzv15Cv4WyuXRQE&hl=en&ei=0fTeS8fxHYTONeqJ1NkH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22The%20Emperor%20has%20become%20a%20Christian%22%20%22the%20Devil%20has%20not%22&f=false
and Henry Chadwick's "The Church in ancient society: from Galilee to Gregory the Great": http://books.google.com/books?id=nLic1cabc8gC&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=%22The+Emperor+has+become+a+Christian%22+%22the+Devil+has+not%22&source=bl&ots=__wdvSS_-i&sig=gIEvfgB7MhTvAQ3KwET1njCiq3E&hl=en&ei=0fTeS8fxHYTONeqJ1NkH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22The%20Emperor%20has%20become%20a%20Christian%22%20%22the%20Devil%20has%20not%22&f=false
And you are correct. I should have known your search would be exhaustive. I found it here.
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