XXXVIII.
Against Tatian, 1 who says that the words, "Let there be light," 2 are supplicatory. If, then, He is supplicating the supreme God, how does He say, "I am God, and beside me there is none else?" 3 We have said that there are punishments for blasphemies, for nonsense, for outrageous expressions; which are punished and chastised by reason.