The Divine Vision of Light
And of the heaven... gaps...our gaps to be composed... gaps...in them this is shown... gaps Just as on the earth... gaps...plants later themselves... gaps...a certain light previously existing... provided the generation of these gaps toward the allegory many gaps door, shepherd, way... gaps relation and philanthropy... gaps so also from the Father it is said to him: 'I have given you to be a light to the nations, to be salvation unto the ends of the earth' (Isa 49:6). This teaches not that he generated the Son out of non-being, but that, being light in essence, he set light to be for those dwelling with him from him.
For not when the light of this intelligible world was set, did it become light existing by itself; for 'was the true light, which enlightens every man coming into the world' (John 1:9). So also the Son, being wisdom eternally, becomes a teacher to be wise and to all as wisdom to those desiring to learn, not receiving wisdom as a beginning of being, but being eternally, for those of us being made wise; for she says about herself: 'Whenever he prepared the heavens, I was with him' (Prov 8:30), making it manifest to the Father: 'Wisdom, righteousness, and sanctification and redemption became ours' gaps...opening gaps...teaches the Psalmist... gaps...God according to nature and... gaps...himself divine... gaps...creation... gaps so God is begotten... gaps according to allegory...
...following... the light that fits... because we shall be deprived... we received... at the same time as the generation... as they were foreknown... of their essence, which was enlightened by God... and to maintain the light unclouded... by the will of God. For he says, 'And God saw the light that it was good' (Genesis 1:4), that is, to take the naturally existing lights.
To see the light, it is necessary to hear in a manner befitting God, not concerning God through human passions or in human-like speech. For as 'he himself said and was born' allusion to John 1:1, the one who spoke according to providence, so that we receive instead of saying his word... he wills... and concerning the... as previously stated... it is not equal to me... men indeed speak, but God speaks through the intellect... thus He speaks, not with a voice of God since He is not... but entering into... and the one hearing it... God speaks these things to the intellects; we say 'to say what God said'...
Greek
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Didymus the Blind reads the creation account verse by verse, finding Christ and the Spirit in Genesis.
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