Athanasius on Creation and Salvation
From his seminal work, On the Incarnation of the Word, the great Church Father Athanasius writes:
We will begin, then, with the creation of the world and with God its maker, for the first fact that you must grasp is this: the renewal of creation has been wrought by the self-same Word, who made it in the beginning. There is thus no inconsistency between creation and salvation; for the Father has employed the same agent for both works, effecting the salvation of the world through the same Word who made it first.
And all I add to that is a resounding, 'Amen!'
