The Word – What is it?

download (1)Joh 1:1-5  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and what God was the Word was. (2)  This Word was in the beginning with God. (3) Everything came to be through it, and apart from it nothing came to be.(4)  That which came to be in it was life. And this life was the light of humankind. (5) And the light shines in the darkness, but the darkness did not overcome it.

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The Ambiguity of John 8:58

by Sir Anthony Buzzard

3bCommentators on the book of John frequently note a certain ambiguity in the sayings of Jesus, especially in connection with the failure of the hostile Jewish audience to grasp what Jesus meant. Orthodoxy is often keen to side with the opinions of the Jews against Jesus. The Jews, it is argued, thought that Jesus was claiming to be God. Therefore he is. But Jesus’ hostile audience is not a safe guide to the intentions of Christ. … Read the rest

What or Who is Logos

by Carlos Xavier

downloadMany assume that the “word” in John 1:1 is a person because in Greek logos is grammatically a masculine gender noun (logos) accompanied by masculine pronouns outos (he) and autou (his).

However, it’s a fundamental mistake to confuse grammatical gender with natural gender. In this case the inanimate object of “word” with an animate object, a human male person, no less!

This has led to the millennia old misinterpretation that John was describing the existence of Jesus … Read the rest

John 1:1 – A Synopsis

Logos_Bible_Software_logoJohn 1:1, 14 – A Synopsis – by Sean Finnegan

“The word of God is never, in any one of the 42 books of the Bible preceding this verse, referred to as a person distinct from the Father.  – SF

John 1:1, 14 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten

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In the Beginning… God’s Word!

John 1 – In the Beginning… God’s Word!

Logos_Bible_Software_logoBy J. Dan Gill

Joh 1:1-4 In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and what God was the word was. (2) This word was in the beginning with God. (3) Everything came to be through it, and apart from it nothing came to be. 4)  That which came to be in it was life. And this life was the light of humankind.

I have treasured the words
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Scripture the Criteria of Truth

Clement of Alexandria (c.150 – c. 215) was a Teacher at the Catechetical School of Alexandria

I find Clement helpful in showing how the scriptures already in his day were used, misused, and abused – but are still to be the Criteria of all clementofalex_thumbTruth. We can still learn from history

Scripture the Criterion by Which Truth and Heresy are Distinguished :The Stromata (Book VII: Chapter 16)

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