Book XI
Summary
Page 198 of 481
The design of his confessions being declared, he seeks from God the knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, and begins to expound the words of Genesis I. I, concerning the creation of the world. The questions of rash disputers being refuted, "What did God before he created the world?" That he might the better overcome his opponents, he adds a copious disquisition concerning time.
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I, Volume 1, ed. Philip Schaff (1886–89). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.