We
have collected together extracts from the Law and the Prophets
relating to those things which have Been declared concerning our Lord
Jesus Christ, that we may prove to your love that this Being is
perfect reason, the Word of God; He who was begotten before the
light; He who is Creator together with the Father; He who is the
Fashioner of man; He who is all in all; He who among the patriarchs
is Patriarch; He who in the law is the Law; among the priests, Chief
Priest; among kings, the Ruler; among prophets, the Prophet; among
the angels, Archangel; in the voice of the preacher, the Word; among
spirits, the Spirit; in the Father, the Son; in God, God; King for
ever and ever.
--
Saint Melito of Sardis from
"The
Discourse on Faith"
