Chapter
XII.—Peter’s Explanation of the Passage.
And Peter answered: “One is He who
said to His Wisdom, ‘Let us make a man.’ But His
Wisdom was that with
which He Himself always rejoiced as with His
own spirit. It is united as soul to God, but it is extended by
Him, as hand, fashioning the universe. On this account, also, one
man was made, and from him went forth also the female. And being
a unity generically, it is yet a duality, for by expansion and
contraction the unity is thought to be a duality. So that I act
rightly in offering up all the honour to one God as to
parents.” And Simon said: “What then? Even if the Scriptures say that there are other gods, will you not accept the opinion?”