And first, they taught us with one consent that p. 98 God made
all things out of nothing; for nothing was coeval with God: but
He being His own place, and wanting nothing, and existing before
the ages, willed to make man by whom He might be known; for him,
therefore, He prepared the world. For he that is created is also
needy; but he that is uncreated stands in need of nothing. God,
then, having His own Word internal 566 within His own bowels,
begat Him, emitting 567 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. He is called
“governing principle” [ἁρκή], because He rules, and is Lord of
all things fashioned by Him. He, then, being Spirit of God, and
governing principle, and wisdom, and power of the highest, came
down upon the prophets, and through them spoke of the creation
of the world and of all other things. For the prophets were not
when the world came into existence, but the wisdom of God which
was in H