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On the Vanity of Idols

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 8

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

8. Therefore the one Lord of all is God. For

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that

sublimity

cannot

possibly

have

any

compeer

,

since

it

alone

possesses

all

power

.

Moreover

,

let

us

borrow

an

illustration

for

the

divine

government

from

the

earth

.

When

ever

did

an

alliance

in

royalty

either

begin

with

good

faith

or

end

without

bloodshed

?

Thus

the

brotherhood

of

the

Thebans

was

broken

,

and

discord

endured

even

in

death

in

their

disunited

ashes

.

And

one

kingdom

could

not

contain

the

Roman

twins

,

although

the

shelter

of

one

womb

had

held

them

.

Pompey

and

Cæsar

were

kinsmen

,

and

yet

they

did

not

maintain

the

bond

of

their

relationship

in

their

envious

power

.

Neither

should

you

marvel

at

this

in

respect

of

man

,

since

herein

all

nature

consents

.

The

bees

have

one

king

,

and

in

the

flocks

there

is

one

leader

,

and

in

the

herds

one

ruler

.

Much

rather

is

the

Ruler

of

the

world

one

;

who

commands

all

things

,

whatsoever

they

are

,

with

His

word

,

disposes

them

by

His

wisdom

,

and

accomplishes

them

by

His

power

.