Arnobius

“ Who are the true gods? you say. To answer you in common and simple language, we do not know; [1] for how can we know who those are whom we have never seen? We have been accustomed to hear from you that an infinite number [2] are gods, and are reckoned among [3] the deities; but if these exist [4] anywhere, and are true gods, as Terentius [5] believes, it follows as a consequence, that they correspond to their name; that is, that they are such as we all see that they should be, and that they are worthy to be called by this name ”