From the Same Second Book.

12. In the beginning was the Word.⁷³⁴⁷³⁴    John i. 1. [For ῥημα, see vol. ii. p. 15, this series.] But that was not the Word which produced the Word.⁷³⁵⁷³⁵    Ex Athan., Ep. de decret. Nic. Syn., 4. 25. [P. 94, notes 1, 2, infra.] For “the Word was with God.”⁷³⁶⁷³⁶    John i. 1. [For ῥημα, see vol. ii. p. 15, this series.] The Lord is Wisdom; it was not therefore Wisdom that produced Wisdom; for “I was that” says He, “wherein He delighted.”⁷³⁷⁷³⁷    Prov. viii. 30. Christ is truth; but “blessed,” says He, “is the God of truth.”