Thomas Aquinas

Second, he shows the unsuitableness of their witnesses: the makers (plastae) of idols, are all of them nothing, of no power, above: all nations are before him as if they had no being at all (Isa 40:17), or because they do not obtain their intention, wishing to form a god with their hands, as the idol also is nothing (1 Cor 8:4), let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle (Job 18:15); their best beloved things, the idols, which are either large and greatly to be revered or made from precious materials; third, he …

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