"[I]f a man claims to be God, he is a liar.""
— Jerusalem Talmud, Ta'anit 2:1
"I believe in one God... who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made Man."
— Nicene Creed
"5. If anyone dares to say that Christ was a God-bearing man and not rather God in truth, being by nature one Son, even as "the Word became flesh", and is made partaker of blood and flesh precisely like us, let him be anathema."
— Council of Ephesus
(431) against the Nestorians
(431) against the NestoriansHe was not, as might be imagined, circumscribed in the body, nor, while present in the body, was He absent elsewhere; nor, while He moved the body, was the universe left void of His working and Providence; but, thing most marvellous, Word as He was, so far from being contained by anything, He rather contained all things Himself; and just as while present in the whole of Creation, He is at once distinct in being from the universe, and present in all things by His own power.
—Saint Athanasius talking about Jesus, De Incarnatione 17:1
"You can see for yourselves. She is a god. A god who does not know she is a god."
— The god Majere, referring to the "dead" Mina, Dragonlance
" The Avatar must be compassionate towards all people, and the only way to do that is to live with them. The Avatar must experience sadness, anger, joy, and happiness. By feeling all these emotions, it helps you understand how precious human life is, so you will do anything to protect it. "
— Avatar Yangchen, Avatar: The Last Airbender
"You looked at me with fascination. To you, I didn’t look like God. I just looked like some man. Or possibly a woman. Some vague authority figure, maybe. More of a grammar school teacher than the almighty."
— God, The Egg
