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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

"A Brief History of the LOGOS Word!"

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made. In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."
                                                                                  (John 1:1-5, KJV)

In the 6th century B.C., the Stoic Greek Philosopher, Heraclitus (ca. 535-475 B.C.) incorporated the word "logos" into his rhetorical discourse as he identified the term as having divine implications and established it as a principle of "order and knowledge." The "sophists" used the term to mean "discourse" or "debate" and the Aristotelians applied the term to mean discourse and rhetorical arguments.

After Judaism came under Hellenistic or Greek influence, Philo (ca. 20 B.C. - A.D. 50) adopted the term into Jewish philosophy. In the Gospel of John, the logos word comes to life in the form of Jesus as the life sustaining force in the universe with divine (theos) characteristics and he further identifies Jesus as the incarnation of the Logos.

Heraclitus coin the term "logos spermatikos" or "seminal word." He contended that the word contained "seed" or literally "semen." He further stated that the logos was creative, having the power to "originate." In other words, the logos is the "creativity of God." The philosopher also adds that the logos are "highly influential and innovative." It is a rational principle which pervades all reality and provides meaning and order to persons and the universe. He concluded that the logos creates coherence and unity and provides an orderly pattern for existence and holds everything together.

Sounds to me like Brother Heraclitus received a divine revelation from the Belligerent Christ long before his Stoic kindred and others saw the light!

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