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From the Work on Things Created

Methodius of Olympus

Section 7

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Author: Methodius of Olympus

VII. The saint says: We said there are two

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kinds

of

formative

power

in

what

we

have

now

acknowledged

;

the

one

which

works

by

itself

what

it

chooses

,

not

out

of

things

which

already

exist

,

by

its

bare

will

,

without

delay

,

as

soon

as

it

wills

.

This

is

the

power

of

the

Father

.

The

other

which

adorns

and

embellishes

,

by

imitation

of

the

former

,

the

things

which

already

exist

.

This

is

the

power

of

the

Son

,

the

almighty

and

powerful

hand

of

the

Father

,

by

which

,

after

creating

matter

not

out

of

things

which

were

already

in

existence

,

He

adorns

it

.