as God He was born without a mother and as Man He was born without a father. Therefore, ‘Who shall declare his generation?’5 whether we consider His generation without the limits of time or that without seed; the one without a beginning or that without precedent; the one which has never ceased or that without previous or subsequent existence; the one which has no end or that which has its beginning there where it has its end. Rightly, then, did the Prophets announce that He would be born; truly did