Creator and Creation

Πᾶν κτίσμα διὰ λόγου καὶ σοφίας τοῦ εἴναι τετυχηκε. Ὁ δὲ Θεὸς Λόγος σοφία ὑπάρχων οὐσιώδης, δημιουργός τε ὦν πἀσης τῆς τε νουμένης κτίσεως, καὶ τῆς ὑποπιπτούσης τῇ αἰσθήσει, πῶς ἂν λεχθείη κτίσμα; Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΣΕ' , Γαινᾳ Στατηλατῃ

Every created thing through the Word and the wisdom which He is came to be. And the Divine Word being wisdom in His substance, Creator of everything which is thought and which falls before the sense, how may He said to be a created thing? St Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 205, to the General Gainas 1 1 Gainas, The Gothic leader and Arian