Thomas Aquinas

Who has formed. Here he shows from their formation that they are not gods. And concerning this, he does two things: first, he sets out their formation to exclude their divinity; second, the manner of their formation to show their worthlessness: the smith (Isa 44:12). Concerning the first, he does two things. First, he sets out their formation, intending this reasoning: what it is made by man is not God, etc. Who, as if to say: no one; profitable for nothing else: they themselves that make them, are of no long continuance (Bar 6:46).

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