119. Let those who oppose us on this ground tell us first what the Life of the Son is. Is it a life bestowed by the Father upon one lacking life? But how could the Son ever fail to possess life, He Himself being the Life, as He says, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” Truly, His life is eternal, even as His power is eternal. Was there a time, then, when (so to speak) Life possessed not itself?