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From the Work on Things Created

Methodius of Olympus

Section 8

About this work

Author: Methodius of Olympus

VIII. The saint says that the Book of Job is

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by

Moses

.

He

says

,

concerning

the

words

,

“

In

the

beginning

God

created

the

heaven

and

the

earth

,

”

that

one

will

not

err

who

says

that

the

“

Beginning

”

is

Wisdom

.

For

Wisdom

is

said

by

one

of

the

Divine

band

to

speak

in

this

manner

concerning

herself

:

“

The

Lord

created

me

the

beginning

of

His

ways

for

His

works

:

of

old

He

laid

my

foundation

.

”

It

was

fitting

and

more

seemly

that

all

things

which

came

into

existence

,

should

be

more

recent

than

Wisdom

,

since

they

existed

through

her

.

Now

consider

whether

the

saying

:

“

In

the

beginning

was

the

Word

,

and

the

Word

was

with

God

,

and

the

Word

was

God

.

The

same

was

in

the

beginning

with

God

;

”

—

whether

these

statements

be

not

in

agreement

with

those

.

For

we

must

say

that

the

Beginning

,

out

of

which

the

most

upright

Word

came

forth

,

is

the

Father

and

Maker

of

all

things

,

in

whom

it

was

.

And

the

words

,

“

The

same

was

in

the

beginning

with

God

,

”

seem

to

indicate

the

position

of

authority

of

the

Word

,

which

He

had

with

the

Father

before

the

world

came

into

existence

;

“

beginning

”

signifying

His

power

.

And

so

,

after

the

peculiar

unbeginning

beginning

,

who

is

the

Father

,

He

is

the

beginning

of

other

things

,

by

whom

all

things

are

made

.

Notes

5
Gen. i. 1.
6
Prov. viii. 22.
7
John i. 1, 2.