But if before heaven and earth there was no time, why is it demanded, what Thou then didst? For there was no "then," when there was no time.
Augustine of Hippo
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Confessions, Book XI (c. 400), E. B. Pusey translation (1838); Exact wording and attribution checked. Philosophical and theological inquiry into time, memory, expectation, and divine eternity; God is the addressee of second-person passages.
- Confessions, Book XI (c. 400), E. B. Pusey translation (1838)
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