Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Wisdom of Solomon 14:21
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 4, page 13, footnote 1 (Image)
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The truth probably is, that the scandalous tales are true, while the divine attributes ascribed to them are due to the flattery of the poets. (HTML)
... actions of their so-called gods, attached to them the superhuman title, not knowing that they cannot by their superhuman fancies veil their human actions, but that they will rather succeed in shewing, by their human shortcomings, that the attributes of God do not fit them. 3. And I am disposed to think that they have recounted the passions and the actions of the gods even in spite of themselves. For since they were endeavouring to invest with what Scripture calls the incommunicable name and honour of[Wisdom of Solomon 14:21] God them that are no gods but mortal men, and since this venture of theirs was great and impious, for this reason even against their will they were forced by truth to set forth the passions of these persons, so that their passions recorded in the ...