2. But, again, that you may not think that there was assumption in the bidding of Him Who spoke, or inferiority on the part of Him Who carried out the bidding, the Father acknowledges the Son as equal to Himself in the execution of the work, saying: “Let Us make man after Our image and likeness.” Gen. i. 26. For the common image and the working and the likeness can signify nothing but the oneness of the same Majesty.