[Footnote 137: St. Augustine, in quoting Cyprian, shows that the fathers of the Church looked upon Plato as a monotheist. The passage is as follows: "For when he (Cyprian) speaks of the Magians, he says that the chief among them, Hostanes, maintains that the true God is invisible, and that true angels sit at His throne; and that Plato agrees with this and believes in one God, considering the others to be demons; and that Hermes Trismegistus also speaks of one God, and confesses that He is incomprehensible." Angus., De Baptismo contra Donat., Lib. VI., Cap. XLIV.]
[Footnote 138: The Aryan Witness, passim.]
[Footnote 139: Aristotle said, "God, though He is one, has many names, because He is called according to the states into which He always enters anew.">[
[Footnote 140: The Religions of China, p. 16.]
[Footnote 141: The Religions of China, p. 49.]
[Footnote 142: "In the year 1600 the Emperor of China declared in an edict that the Chinese should adore, not the material heavens, but the Master of heaven."—Cardinal Gibbons: Our Christian Heritage.]
[Footnote 143: Martin: The Chinese, p. 106.]
[Footnote 144: It has been related by Rev. Hudson Taylor that the fishermen of the Fukien Province, when a storm arises, pray to the goddess of the sea; but when that does not avail they throw all the idols aside and pray to the "Great-grandfather in Heaven." Father is a great conception to the Chinese mind. Great-grandfather is higher still, and stands to them for the Supreme.]
[Footnote 145: Science of Religion, p. 86.]
[Footnote 146: The Chinese, p. 99.]