1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Douay-Rheims
The Word and Creation
Christology and creation - John 1
A Catholic reading of John 1 with doctrinal emphasis on creation, the eternal Word, and the relation of the Son to the Father.
Scripture Reading
John 1
2The same was in the beginning with God.
3All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made.
4In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Roman Catechism Reference
Part I, Article I
The faith begins by confessing the one God, Maker of heaven and earth, and by receiving the Son as eternally one with the Father.
Cross References
Genesis 1:1
Creation begins with God; John frames Christ within that same beginning.
Psalm 33:6
Creation through the word of the Lord aligns with Johannine theology.
Colossians 1:15-17
Christ as image of the invisible God and agent of creation.
Hebrews 1:1-3
The Son upholds all things and reveals the Father.