A citation from the library
Basil of Caesarea, on John 1:1
Basil of Caesarea · c. A.D. 330–379
John 1:1 · Douay-Rheims
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
On this verse:
“(Hom. in princ. Joan. c. 3) Yet has our outward word some similarity to the Divine Word. For our word declares the whole conception of the mind; since what we conceive in the mind we bring out in word. Indeed our heart is as it were the source, and the uttered word the stream which flows therefrom.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.