Arnobius

“ For since all the gods, whether those who are real, or those who are merely said to be from hearsay and conjecture, are immortal and everlasting by His good-will and free gift, how can it be that others [6] are able to give that which they themselves have, [7] while they have it as the gift of another, bestowed by a greater power? ”

“ None but the Almighty God can preserve souls; nor is there any one besides who can give them length of days, and grant to them also a spirit which shall never die, [5] except He who alone is immortal and everlasting, and restricted by no limit of time. ”