De Monarchia

Also known as: On Monarchy
Author: Philo of Alexandria

Philo's treatise on the unity of God and the world as His temple.

Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)

Verse 26: Let Us Make Man in Our Image and Likeness — Cited (Book I) on the world as a sacred temple with man as high priest
"Philo in Book I of On Monarchy, teach that the world is like a sacred and beautiful temple of God, into which man was introduced to be its high priest"