“He by whom all things were made...
was made one of all things.
The Son of God by the Father without a mother...
became the Son of man by a mother without a father.
The Word Who is God before all time...
became flesh at the appointed time.
The Maker of the sun was made under the sun.
He Who fills the world lays in a manger,
Great in the form of God,
but tiny in the form of a servant;
This was in such a way that neither was...
His greatness diminished by His tininess,
nor was His tininess overcome...
by His greatness.” [1]
“He was in the world,
and the world was made through Him,
and the world did not know Him.
He came to His own,
and His own did not receive Him.
But as many as received Him,
to them He gave the right to...
become children of God,
to those who believe in His name:
who were born, not of blood,
nor of the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of man,
but of God.” [2]
[1] Augustine of Hippo, Sermon 187
[2] John 1:10-13
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