Logos in John's Gospel
- Created by: ClaireWithAnI
- Created on: 01-05-16 14:26
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- Concept of Logos in John's Gospel
- Jewish influence
- Spirit of the law and the Letter of the law
- Jesus displacing Moses
- God's grace and forgiveness
- Dabhr word for 'Command'
- Goddess of Wisdom Sophia
- "The Word was with God and the Word was God."
- Hosea: "I desire steadfast love."
- Introduces the idea of agape
- Spirit of the law and the Letter of the law
- Logos = Word, Reason, Wisdom Truth, Order, Command
- Dabhr word for 'Command'
- Kerygma = writing to convert
- Daine: Logos "unlocks" the rest of John's Gospel
- Originates in Heraclitus'work
- "the Logos is common"
- Universal nature of Jesus
- "Most people live as if they had their own private understanding"
- Jesus as a personal means of understanding God
- "the account which governs everything"
- Stoic
- Reasonand order within the cosmos
- Humans would eventually become reunited with
- The world is ruled by a separate (perhaps) lesser being
- Understanding that the Trinity resides within Christ but is definitely a separate person (Ditheism)
- Stoic
- "the Logos is common"
- Championed by Hippolytusof Rome
- Understanding that the Trinity resides within Christ but is definitely a separate person (Ditheism)
- DefinedLogos and the Christian Word of God
- God is active and workingthe world throughJesus Christ
- Jewish influence
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