John 1:1
Douay-Rheims
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Alcuin of York
To refute those who inferred from Christ’s Birth in time, that He had not been from everlasting, the Evangelist begins with the eternity of the Word, saying, In the beginning was the Word.
Source details
A.D. 804 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 1:1
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.