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From the Work on Things Created

Methodius of Olympus

Section 3

About this work

Author: Methodius of Olympus

III. Now consider it thus: “If, you

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say

,

the

world

was

created

later

,

not

existing

before

,

then

we

must

change

the

passionless

and

unchangeable

God

;

for

it

must

needs

be

,

that

he

who

did

nothing

before

,

but

afterwards

,

passes

from

not

doing

to

doing

,

changes

and

is

altered

.

”

Then

I

said

,

“

Did

God

rest

from

making

the

world

,

or

not

?

”

“

He

rested

.

”

“

Because

otherwise

it

would

not

have

been

completed

.

”

“

True

.

”

“

If

,

then

,

the

act

of

making

,

after

not

making

,

makes

an

alteration

in

God

,

does

not

His

ceasing

to

make

after

making

the

same

?

”

“

Of

necessity

.

”

“

But

should

you

say

that

He

is

altered

as

not

doing

to

-

day

,

from

what

He

was

,

when

He

was

doing

?

”

“

By

no

means

.

There

is

no

necessity

for

His

being

changed

,

when

He

makes

the

world

from

what

He

was

when

He

was

not

making

it

;

and

neither

is

there

any

necessity

for

saying

that

the

universe

must

have

co

-

existed

with

Him

,

on

account

of

our

not

being

forced

to

say

that

He

has

changed

,

nor

that

the

universe

is

co

-

eternal

with

Him

.

”