95. To no purpose,
then, is the heretics’ customary citation of the Scripture, that
“God made Him both Lord and Christ.” Let these
ignorant persons read the whole passage, and understand it. For
thus it is written. “God made this Jesus, Whom ye crucified, both
Lord and Christ.” Acts ii. 36. Cf. 1 John iv.
3. It was
not the Godhead, but the flesh, that was crucified. This, indeed,
was possible, because the flesh allowed of being crucified. It
follows not, then, that the Son of God is a created being.