65. Now, did the Father say on that
occasion, “Let there be such light as I Myself have made,”
or “Let there be light”—light having as yet not
existed; or did the Son ask what sort of light the Father
made? Or “what
sort of thing He made it to be.” How could the Son ask such
a question, being Himself the true Light? S. John i. 9. Nay, the Son made light,
according to His own Will, and so far in accordance with the
Father’s good pleasure, that He approved. It is of new,
original work by the Son that the place speaks.