Q: Christians with a knowledge of Theology?

Question

What is the nature/meaning of "Logos"?
Please give your opinions and reasons.
Such an interesting concept yet rarely discussed outside of more academic Christian thought!

Answer 1

It is a term borrowed from Greek philosophy. Although the word's earliest meaning probably was "connected discourse," by the classical period it already had a wide variety of other meanings: "argument," "rational principle," "reason," "proportion," "measure," and others. For this reason, it is difficult to interpret the logos doctrines of philosophers and dangerous to assume a single history for these doctrines.

St. John "borrowed" the term (that we translate as "The Word" - Greek "o logos") to describe the pre-Incarnate Christ.

Answer 2

Logos has been translated to mean "word," but it's used in many different forms of religion, philosophy and rhetoric. It can also mean thought, speech, meaning, reason, proportion, principle, standard, or logic, among other things. By the time of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, logos was the term used to describe the faculty of human reason and the knowledge men had of the world and of each other.

Answer 3

I understand it to be the word of God. The word was with God and was God and is also the second person of the Trinity. It was the action through which God created the world. I know that some speak of the Bible as the 'word' of God, but I mean it in a different way.

Here is a link you might find interesting:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09328a.htm

Answer 4

You're lucky I'm here today.

Greek word symbolizing Christ or the personality of Jesus. Male attribute according to gender designation.

Possible question as to its compliment. Feminine aspect; plausible element of Holy Spirit. Ipso facto: God combines both aspects of complimentary components.

....other than that, keep it simple and just go to church!

Answer 5

"Logos" is Greek; it means "Word", but a living, active "Word"....not something that is static.