Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume VIII/Pseudo-Clementine Literature/The Clementine Homilies/Homily XVI/Chapter 5

Chapter V.&#8212;Peter Commences the Discussion.

Peter then said:&#160; &#8220;I am ready to do as the umpire of our discussion has said; and straight-way without any delay I shall set forth my opinion in regard to God.&#160; I then assert that there is one God who made the heavens and the earth, and all things that are in them.&#160; And it is not right to say or to think that there is any other.&#8221;&#160; And Simon said:&#160; &#8220;But I maintain that the Scriptures believed in amongst the Jews say that there are many gods, and that God is not angry at this, because He has Himself spoken of many gods in His Scriptures.