John 1:1
Douay-Rheims
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Basil of Caesarea
(Hom. i. in princ. Joan. c. 4) Thus cutting off the cavils of blasphemers, and those who ask what the Word is, he replies, and the Word was God.
Source details
A.D. 379 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 1:1
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.