John 1:1
Douay-Rheims
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Augustine of Hippo
(lib. lxxxiii. Quæst. q. 63) The Greek word “logos” signifies both Word and Reason. But in this passage it is better to interpret it Word; as referring not only to the Father, but to the creation of things by the operative power of the Word; whereas Reason, though it produce nothing, is still rightly called Reason.
Source details
A.D. 430 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 1:1
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.