John 1:1
Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship
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II. JEROME TO PAULINUS.
— Jerome quotes this to demonstrate that the "rustic" fisherman John uttered the profoundest theological truth
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God"
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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In the Beginning: Nine Interpretations
— Third interpretation of "in the beginning": before all things, from eternity
"In the beginning was the Word"