Pairing Record 1ACanonical Dyad #01 of 70
The Word
The eternal spoken utterance that spoke primordial creation into existence becomes incarnate as the True Light shining in cosmic darkness.
The Fulfillment (New Testament)
John 1:1-5 (RSV2CE)
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."
Code Ref: 1A-NT
The Prophecy (Old Testament)
Genesis 1:1-5 (RSV2CE)
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. And God said, 'Let there be light'; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day."
Code Ref: 1A-OT
Theological & Patristic Notes
St. Augustine in De Genesi ad litteram and St. John Chrysostom in his Homilies on the Gospel of John observe that the phrasing "In the beginning" (In principio / En archē) establishes Christ not merely as an instrument of creation, but as the uncreated Logos through whom all contingent reality holds together. Darkness has no ontological power over this Light; the Genesis type anticipates the unquenchable radiance of the Resurrection.
