Chapter VI.—Continuation. - ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus

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Chapter VI.—Continuation.

Nor is He a mere man, by whom and in whom all things were made; for “all things were made by Him.”¹¹⁹⁶

¹¹⁹⁶ John i. 3.
“When He made the heaven, I was present with Him; and I was there with Him, forming [the world along with Him], and He rejoiced in me daily.”¹¹⁹⁷

¹¹⁹⁷ Prov. viii. 27; 30.
And how could a mere man be addressed in such words as these: “Sit Thou at My right hand?”¹¹⁹⁸

¹¹⁹⁸ Ps. cx. 1.
And how, again, could such an one declare: “Before Abraham was, I am?”¹¹⁹⁹

¹¹⁹⁹ John viii. 58.

And, “Glorify Me with Thy glory which I had before the world was?”¹²⁰⁰

¹²⁰⁰ John xvii. 5.
What man could ever say, “I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me?”¹²⁰¹

¹²⁰¹ John vi. 38.
And of what man could it be said, “He was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world: He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not?”¹²⁰²

¹²⁰² John i. 9, 10, 11.
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,¹²⁰³

¹²⁰³ John i. 1.

and the Word was God.”¹²⁰⁴

¹²⁰⁴ Some insert here John i. 3.

And in another place, “The Lord created Me, the beginning of His ways, for His ways, for His works. Before the world did He found Me, and before all the hills did He beget Me.”¹²⁰⁵

¹²⁰⁵ Prov. viii. 22, 23; 25.
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