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XLI.—The Answer, Continued.
“Listen, then,” says Peter,
“that you may know, first of all, that even if there are many
gods, as you say, they are subject to the God of the Jews, to whom no
one is equal, than whom no one can be greater; for it is written that
the prophet Moses thus spoke to the Jews: ‘The Lord your
God is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, the great
God.’640
Thus, although
there are many that are called gods, yet He who is the God of the Jews
is alone called the God of gods. For not every one that is called
God is necessarily God. Indeed, even Moses is called a god to
Pharaoh,641
and it is certain
that he was a man; and judges were called gods, and it is evident that
they were mortal. The idols also of the Gentiles are called gods,
and we all know that they are not; but this has been inflicted as a
punishment on the wicked, that because they would not acknowledge the
true God, they should regard as God whatever form or image should occur
to them. Because they refused to receive the knowledge of the One
who, as I said, is God of all, therefore it is permitted to them to
have as gods those who can do nothing for their worshippers. For
what can either dead images or living creatures confer upon men, since
the power of all things is with One?
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