For though there be those called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
For the name of God, as being the natural designation of Deity, may be ascribed to all those beings for whom a divine nature is claimed,-as, for instance, even to idols. The apostle says: "For there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth.".
that no Christian should intermarry with a heathen, he maintains a law of the Creator, who everywhere prohibits marriage with strangers. But when he says, "although there be that are called gods, whether in l heaven or in earth".
has become a common name (since in the world there are said and believed to be "gods many".
For "although there be that are called gods "in name, "whether in heaven or in earth, yet to us there is but one God the Father, of whom are all things; "
