Tertullian Against Marcion Book III For the name of God, as being the natural designation of Deity, may be ascribed to all those beings for whom a divine nature is claimed,-as, for instance, even to idols. The apostle says: "For there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth."[211] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V that no Christian should intermarry with a heathen, he maintains a law of the Creator, who everywhere prohibits marriage with strangers. But when he says, "although there be that are called gods, whether in l heaven or in earth,"[315] has become a common name (since in the world there are said and believed to be "gods many"[488] Tertullian Against Hermogenes For "although there be that are called gods" in name, "whether in heaven or in earth, yet to us there is but one God the Father, of whom are all things; "[45] Five Books in Reply to Marcion 40 God all things made; "[213] Origen Against Celsus Book IV We know, moreover, that "though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth (as there be gods many and lords many), but to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him."[118] Origen Against Celsus Book VIII " To this effect Paul says, "For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, as there are gods many, and lords many."[10] Origen Commentary on John Book I " Those gods, then, are living of whom God is god. The Apostle, too, writing to the Corinthians, says:[153]