There is no one, who possesses intelligence and uses reflection, who does not understand that it is one Being who both created all things and governs them with the same energy by which He created them.

Quote by Lactantius

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For if God is a title of the highest power, He must be incorruptible, perfect,...

For if God is a title of the highest power, He must be incorruptible, perfect,...

The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their...

The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their...

The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled...

The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled...

The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to...

The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to...

Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other...

Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other...

Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the...

Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the...

Cicero, in his treatise concerning the Nature of the Gods, having said that three Jupiters...

Cicero, in his treatise concerning the Nature of the Gods, having said that three Jupiters...

Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge...

Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge...

When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in...

When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in...

Therefore God is one, if that which admits of so great power can be nothing...

Therefore God is one, if that which admits of so great power can be nothing...

But God, who is the Eternal Mind, is undoubtedly of excellence, complete and perfect in...

But God, who is the Eternal Mind, is undoubtedly of excellence, complete and perfect in...

Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote...

Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote...

Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment...

Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment...

Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice.

Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice.

But some one will say that this supreme Being, who made all things, and those...

But some one will say that this supreme Being, who made all things, and those...

It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for...

It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for...

But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession.

But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession.

For if the honour paid to Him is shared by others, He altogether ceases to...

For if the honour paid to Him is shared by others, He altogether ceases to...

For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent,...

For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent,...

Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.