“The Word was with God, and the Word was God (Jn. 1:1), through whom all things were made, who elsewhere is also called the arm of the Lord, as Isaiah says: And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? (Isa. 53:1) The same is also called the right hand of the Lord because of the effective power of divine might. Therefo…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, PL 109
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16And brought thine unfeigned commandment as a sharp sword, and standing up filled all things with death; and it touched the heaven, but it stood upon the earth.
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14For while all things were in quiet silence, and that night was in the midst of her swift course,
15Thine Almighty word leaped down from heaven out of thy royal throne, as a fierce man of war into the midst of a land of destruction,
— Wisdom of Solomon 18:16 —
17Then suddenly visions of horrible dreams troubled them sore, and terrors came upon them unlooked for.
18And one thrown here, and another there, half dead, shewed the cause of his death.