Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume VIII/Pseudo-Clementine Literature/The Clementine Homilies/Homily X/Chapter 20

Chapter XX.&#8212;Neither the World Nor Any of Its Parts Can Be God.

&#8220;But the world, not being incomparable and unsurpassable, and altogether in all respects without defect, cannot be God.&#160; But if the whole world cannot be God, in respect of its having been made, how much more should not its parts be reasonably called God; I mean the parts that are by you called gods, being made of gold and silver, brass and stone, or of any other material whatsoever; and they constructed by mortal hand.&#160; However, let us further see how the terrible serpent through man&#8217;s mouth poisons those who are seduced by his solicitations.