Theos-Talk Archives (June 1995 Message tl00107)

For coy Dan, AB and others who may be interested, here is the
definition of logos, straight from the Microsoft Bookshelf
Dictionary.

Lo.gos (lo1gos', log1os') noun

1.  Philosophy.  a.  In pre-Socratic philosophy, the principle
governing the cosmos, the source of this principle, or human
reasoning about the cosmos.  b.  Among the Sophists, the topics
of rational argument or the arguments themselves.  c.  In
Stoicism, the active, material, rational principle of the cosmos;
nous.  Identified with God, it is the source of all activity and
generation and is the power of reason residing in the human soul.

2.  Judaism.  a.  In biblical Judaism, the word of God, which
itself has creative power and is God's medium of communication
with the human race.  b.  In Hellenistic Judaism, a hypostasis
associated with divine wisdom.

3.  Theology.  In Saint John's Gospel, especially in the prologue
(1:1-14), the creative word of God, which is itself God and
incarnate in Jesus.  In this sense, also called Word.  [Greek.]

- ann