Epistle of Ignatius to the Tarsians How could such a one be a mere man, receiving the beginning of His existence from Mary, and not rather God the Word, and the only-begotten Son? For "in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,[27] Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made."[16] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I And he expresses himself thus: "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."[118] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III What was made was life in Him, and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not."[123] For that according to John relates His original, effectual, and glorious generation from the Father, thus declaring, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."[146] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V This was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was nothing made."[161] Theophilus to Autolycus Book II And hence the holy writings teach us, and all the spirit-bearing [inspired] men, one of whom, John, says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,"[48] Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen and "in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."[10] Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I For both are one-that is, God. For He has said, "In the beginning the Word was in God, and the Word was God."[142] Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul Read the testimony of John: "That which we have seen, which we have heard, which we have looked upon with our eyes, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life."[131] Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics but because they knew that He was the Word of Life, and was come from God,[29] Tertullian Against Hermogenes Therefore on this ground Hermogenes puts Matter even before God, by putting it before the Son. Because the Son is the Word, and "the Word is God,"[185] Now in this there is all the greater reason why there should be shown the material (if there were any) out of which God made all things, inasmuch as it is therein plainly revealed by whom He made all things. "In the beginning was the Word"[203] -"and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made by Him, and without Him nothing was made."[205] Tertullian Against Praxeas Is that Word of God, then, a void and empty thing, which is called the Son, who Himself is designated God? "The Word was with God, and the Word was God."[75] and is always with God, according to what is written, "And the Word was with God; "[90] Now if He too is God, according to John, (who says.) "The Word was God,"[137] That is a still grander statement which you will find expressly made in the Gospel: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."[142] But the very same apostles testify that they had both seen and "handled" Christ.[175] "That," says John, "which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life."[176] the flesh, was the "Word in the beginning with God" the Father,[177] loves Him indeed from the beginning, and from the very first has handed all things over to Him. Whence it is written, "From the beginning the Word was with God, and the Word was God; "[196] The Word, no doubt, was before all things. "In the beginning was the Word; "[236] "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God: all things were made by Him, and without Him was nothing made."[243] Tertullian Of Patience but what is that which, in a certain way, has been grasped by hand[15] Tertullian To His Wife Book I To God their beauty, to God their youth (is dedicated). With Him they live; with Him they converse; Him they "handle"[39] Tertullian On Monogamy rst and the last, the Lord assumes to Himself, as figures of the beginning and end! which concur in Himself: so that, just as Alpha rolls on till it reaches Omega, and again Omega rolls back till it reaches Alpha, in the same way He might show that in Himself is both the downward course of the beginning on to the end, and the backward course of the end up to the beginning; so that every economy, ending in Him through whom it began,-through the Word of God, that is, who was made flesh,[28] Five Books in Reply to Marcion From death recovered body,[182] Origen de Principiis Book I The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was nothing made."[115] Origen de Principiis Book II and as in his Gospel John indicates the same thing, 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: all things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made; "[165] Origen Against Celsus Book I and a sense of touch, by which John says that he "handled with his hands of the Word of life; "[81] Origen Against Celsus Book V But according to Celsus, God Himself is the reason of all things, while according to our view it is His Son, of whom we say in philosophic language, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; "[94] Origen Against Celsus Book VI If, however, we attend to the passage, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,"[343] Origen Against Celsus Book VII -no one is so foolish as not to see that the word "hands" is taken figuratively, as when John says, "Our hands have handled the Word of life."[81] Origen Against Celsus Book VIII For the Lord of those who are "ambassadors for Christ" is Christ Himself, whose ambassadors they are, and who is "the Word, who was in the beginning, was with God, and was God."[16] Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book V This was in the beginning with God, all things were made by Him, and without Him was not one thing that was made. And what was formed in Him is life."[184] Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments For he speaks to this effect: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made."[251] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."[133] Also in the Gospel according to John: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word."[165] Fragments of Caius nativity, His passion, His resurrection, His conversation with His disciples, and His twofold advent,-the first in the humiliation of rejection, which is now past, and the second in the glory of royal power, which is yet in the future. What marvel is it, then, that John brings forward these several things[31] A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity Moreover, this Word "was in the beginning with God, and God was the Word."[87] But this Word whereby all things were made (is God). "And God," says he, "was the Word."[108] And let us therefore believe this, since it is most faithful that Jesus Christ the Son of God is our Lord and God; because "in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word. The same was in the beginning with God."[276] Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus A Sectional Confession of Faith in the Son, as it is written, "The Word was God; "[31] And we anathematize those who constitute different worships, one for the divine and another for the human, and who worship the man born of Mary as though He were another than the God of God. For we know that "in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."[69] Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Second Homily "The law was given to them through Moses" for their discipline; "but grace and truth" have been given to us by Jesus Christ.[18] Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Fourth Homily I have need to be baptized of Thee, and comest Thou to me? Thou who wast in the beginning, and wast with God, and wast God;[10] Dionysius Extant Fragments Part I " The evangelist, on the other hand, has not prefixed his name even to the catholic epistle; but without any circumlocution, he has commenced at once with the mystery of the divine revelation itself in these terms: "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes."[17] .[123] For" the Word was with God."[125] Fragments from Peter of Alexandria by the will of God, "the Word was made flesh,"[8] Alexander Epistles on the Arian Heresy " For he set forth His proper personality, saying, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made by Him; and with out Him was not anything made that was made."[10] For who ever heard such things? or who, now hearing them, is not astonished, and does not stop his ears that the pollution of these words should not touch them? Who that hears John saying, "In the beginning was the Word,"[48] Methodius Discourse III. Thaleia Now, since He truly was and is, being in the beginning with God, and being God,[14] Methodius Fragments 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; "[11] Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made."[59] Victorinus On the Creation of the World The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was nothing made that was made."[23] Victorinus Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John But John, when he begins, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,"[28] Recognitions of Clement VIII For if they think that nature is irrational, it is most foolish to suppose that a rational creature can proceed from an irrational creator. But if it is Reason-that is, Logos[12] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X as meaning that the scribes-that is, those who rest satisfied in the bare letter-may repent of this method of interpretation and be instructed in the spiritual teaching which is called the kingdom of the heavens through Jesus Christ the living Word. Wherefore, also, so far as Jesus Christ, "who was in the beginning with God, God the word,"[71] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIII But if also Elijah be in some sort a word inferior to "the Word who was in the beginning with God, God the Word,"[32]