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Offline Thursday

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"In the beginning was the Word" what does "Word" mean?
« on: November 09, 2012, 06:12:27 AM »
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  • Just wondering if anyone else had ever try to get their mind around this. Did Aquinas write anything on the meaning of logos from John? All I could find was from protestant sources.

    http://www.bible-researcher.com/logos.html
    THE MEANING OF LOGOS IN JOHN
    As Logos has the double meaning of thought and speech, so Christ is related to God as the word to the idea, the word being not merely a name for the idea, but the idea itself expressed. The thought is the inward word (Dr. Schaff compares the Hebrew expression "I speak in my heart" for "I think").

    The Logos of John is the real, personal God (1:1), the Word, who was originally before the creation with God, and was God, one in essence and nature, yet personally distinct (1:1, 18); the revealer and interpreter of the hidden being of God; the reflection and visible image of God, and the organ of all His manifestations to the world. Compare Hebrews 1:3. He made all things, proceeding personally from God for the accomplishment of the act of creation (1:3), and became man in the person of Jesus Christ, accomplishing the redemption of the world. Compare Philippians 2:6.


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    "In the beginning was the Word" what does "Word" mean?
    « Reply #1 on: November 09, 2012, 09:27:57 AM »
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  • My search engine is not working. Look up Haydock bible commentary online, and see what the Catholic commentary is on your line.


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    "In the beginning was the Word" what does "Word" mean?
    « Reply #2 on: November 09, 2012, 10:03:48 AM »
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  • See the Catena Aurea by St. Thomas Aquinas in English: http://dhspriory.org/thomas/CAJohn.htm#1


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    "In the beginning was the Word" what does "Word" mean?
    « Reply #3 on: November 09, 2012, 11:03:18 AM »
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  • Thanks Faber for the link.

    Long before the internet, I bought the Catena  about 3 months after I had bought the Haydock Bible. I soon realized that the Haydock was using the Catena commentaries, plus other sources for it's New Testament commentaries.

    Warning: If you are going to buy the books, buy the Haydock, it includes the Catena comments for free.

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    "In the beginning was the Word" what does "Word" mean?
    « Reply #4 on: November 09, 2012, 05:17:14 PM »
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  • Thanks this is just what I needed.