Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans and immediately they believed that He was Christ. Wherefore Thomas also says to Him, "My Lord, and my God."[24] Tertullian An Answer to the Jews No king, with Him, finds greater favour, no barbarian lesser joy; no dignities or pedigrees enjoy distinctions of merit; to all He is equal, to all King, to all Judge, to all "God and Lord."[100] A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity Christ alone declared this word out of the consciousness of His divinity; and if, finally, the Apostle Thomas, instructed in all the proofs and conditions of Christ's divinity, says in reply to Christ, "My Lord and my God; "[92] And, "My Lord and my God."[278]