Theophilus of Antioch: source notes

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Doctrine F07

See F07 reasoning.

F07 S1: To Autolycus II.4

• Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/02042.htm (public-domain English translation)
• Text: “But the power of God is manifested in this, that out of things that are not He makes whatever He pleases; just as the bestowal of life and motion is the prerogative of no other than God alone.”
• Context: Against eternal matter.
• Bears on: F07.1
• Status: verified (English)

F07 S2: To Autolycus II.10 — world created by God through the Word

• Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/02042.htm (public-domain English translation)
• Text: “God, then, having His own Word internal within His own bowels, begot Him, emitting Him along with His own wisdom before all things. He had this Word as a helper in the things that were created by Him, and by Him He made all things. … In order, therefore, that the living God might be known by His works, and that [it might be known that] by His Word God created the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, he said, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
• Context: Against pagan and dualist accounts: the one God creates through His Word, not through a lesser craftsman.
• Bears on: F07.3
• Status: verified (English)