“The Father is called source and light: "They have abandoned me, the source of living water." And in Baruch, "How is it, Israel, that you are in the land of your enemies? You have abandoned the source of wisdom." And according to John, "Our God is light." The Son, in relation to the source, is called a river: "The rive…”
Athanasius of Alexandria, 4th c. — LETTER TO SERAPION 1:19.2-5
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12Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
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10How happeneth it Israel, that thou art in thine enemies’ land, that thou art waxen old in a strange country, that thou art defiled with the dead,
11That thou art counted with them that go down into the grave?
— Baruch 3:12 —
13For if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou shouldest have dwelled in peace for ever.
14Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding; that thou mayest know also where is length of days, and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.