In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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Hippolytus of Rome
AD 235
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.".
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."