John 1:1
Douay-Rheims
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John Chrysostom
(Hom. i) Observe the spiritual wisdom of the Evangelist. He knew that men honoured most what was most ancient, and that honouring what is before every thing else, they conceived of it as God. On this account he mentions first the beginning, saying, In the beginning was the Word.
Source details
A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 1:1
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.