From the Same Second Book.

From the Same Second Book.

12. In the beginning was the Word.⁷³⁴ But that was not the Word which produced the Word.⁷³⁵ For “the Word was with God.”⁷³⁶ The Lord is Wisdom; it was not therefore Wisdom that produced Wisdom; for “I was that” says He, “wherein He delighted.”⁷³⁷ Christ is truth; but “blessed,” says He, “is the God of truth.”