Lo·gos

(lō′gōs′, lŏg′ŏs′)

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. Christianity 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. Also called Word.

[Greek; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

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logos

(ˈlɒɡɒs)

(Philosophy) philosophy reason or the rational principle expressed in words and things, argument, or justification; esp personified as the source of order in the universe

[C16: from Greek: word, reason, discourse, from legein to speak]

Logos

(ˈlɒɡɒs)

(Theology) Christian theol the divine Word; the second person of the Trinity incarnate in the person of Jesus

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lo•gos

(ˈloʊ gɒs, -goʊs, ˈlɒg ɒs)

n.

1. (in Greek philosophy) the rational principle that governs and develops the universe.

2. (in Christian theology) the divine word or reason incarnate in Jesus Christ. John 1:1–14.

[1580–90; < Greek lógos a word, speech, discourse, proportion, ratio, n. derivative of légein to choose, gather, speak; compare lection]

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Logos - the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)

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``And what else should be the lot of thy accursed race?'' answered the Prior; ``for what saith holy writ, verbum Dominii projecterunt, et sapientia est nulla in eis they have cast forth the word of the Lord, and there is no wisdom in them; propterea dabo mulieres eorum exteris I will give their women to strangers, that is to the Templar, as in the present matter; et thesauros eorum h redibus alienis, and their treasures to others as in the present case to these honest gentlemen.''

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" Qui verbum meum audit, et credit ei qui misit me, habet vitam oeternam et in judicium non venit; sed transit a morte im vitam *."

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Another high point of the evening was Verbum Patris Umanatur, in an arrangement by the choir's director, Huw Williams, featuring a contemplative solo by one of the choir's sopranos, Mared Furnham.

Christmas choir that is music to the ears; REVIEW: Cantemus Chamber Choir, St Augustine's Church, Penarth ???? ...

He presented the inaugural SIBF translation prize, the Turjuman Award, to Editorial Verbum, a Spanish publishing house, for its translation of 'One Thousand and One Nights'.

Sharjah book fair opens with message of peace to the world

Among the most important biblical passages affecting contemporary understandings of translation was the first chapter of the Gospel of John, which began: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." The Latin Vulgate, the Church's standard Bible, translated the original Greek Logos of this passage as verbum, so that it read: In principio erat verbum, et verbum apud deum, et deus erat verbum.

Platonic words: Paolo Sarpi and Roberto Bellarmino as translators in the Venetian interdict crisis

Verbum Domini and the Complementarity of Exegesis and Theology.

Verbum Domini and the Complementarity of Exegesis and Theology

(7) The initial words of the document already offer a vision and gave the name to the entire text, Dei Verbum: "Hearing the word of God with reverence and proclaiming it with faith." (8) As these words suggest, the Council attempts to explain what it means exactly when Christians say that they hear and listen to the word of God.

"As a human to humans": the Second Vatican Council's understanding of "self-revelation" in context

Factum es silentium, Decantabat populus Israel, Plange quasi virgo, Ornaverunt faciem templi, Percussit Saul mille, Benedictus Dominus Deus Sabaoth, Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius, Descendit angelus Domini, Anima mea liquefacta est, Virgo decus nemorum, Audite verbum Domini, Veni in hortum meum, Deus misereatur nostri, and Ecce panis angelorum.

Giovanni Croce