21. May we ask, therefore, on what grounds they
think a distinction is made in the Godhead, and whether they deny
Christ to be God? But they cannot deny it. Do they deny Him
to be true God? But if they
deny Him to be true God, let them say whether
they declare Him to be a false God, or God by appellation only.
For according to the Scriptures the word “God” is used
either of the true God, or by appellation only, or of a false
god. True God as the Father; God by appellation as the saints; a
false god like the demons and idols. Let them say then how they
will acknowledge and describe the Son of God. Do they suppose the
name of God to have been falsely assumed; or was there in truth merely
an indwelling of God within Him, as it were by appellation only?