57. Since on the basis of the Athanasian faith they make one essence of three and these three are attributes of one essence, thence it is clear that they make the attributes themselves to be Gods. And they call them three persons or three Gods from the three attributes, naming them the Father the Creator, the Lord the Intercessor and Redeemer, and the Holy Spirit the Regenerator and Enlightener. In this way they make creating, redeeming and enlightening, which are attributes of one Divine essence or of one God, to be three Gods because three persons. Since there are these attributes, they say, in order to make their deductions agree, that all the attributes are as if in His own body. See the words in the Creed. The ancients also did likewise. When the Church doubted, they made Gods of the attributes, hence they worshipped God Schaddai and many others. The Gentiles did the same. That is why they had so many Gods. They made a God out of every Divine attribute.