Has not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
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Cyril of Alexandria
AD 444
It is not possible to say on the basis of this [verse] that there are different types of human nature, nor does holy Scripture claim that some people have been made cruel or obdurate or even vessels of honor and wickedness, nor does it attribute this kind of nature to them. Rather, it should be understood to mean that some men are made like clay vessels and that we use them either for honor or for dishonor. .
