Paul indeed wanted to reveal the unknown God to the philosophers and then affirms of Him, that no human intellect can conceive Him. Therefore, God is revealed therein, that one knows that every intellect is too small to make itself a figuration or concept of Him. However, he names him God, or in Greek, theos.

Toward a new Council of Florence: 'On the peace of faith' and other works by Nicolaus of Cusa (ed. Schiller Inst, 1993)