From the Same Second Book.
Extant Fragments — translated by ANF editors
From the Same Second Book.
12. In the beginning was the Word. But that was not the Word which produced the Word. For “the Word was with God.” The Lord is Wisdom; it was not therefore Wisdom that produced Wisdom; for “I was that” says He, “wherein He delighted.” Christ is truth; but “blessed,” says He, “is the God of truth.”
Translated by ANF editors. Edition ccel.anf06.iv-iii.en.