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Other example uses of logos in the Bible are in Luke 8:11, Hebrews 4:12, and Philippians 2:16.
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"'''Logos'''" ([[Greek]]: λόγος) is the [[Greek]] term In Greek "logos" means word, reason or speech.  [[Heraclitus]], a Greek philosopher, first used the term "logos", around perhaps 500 B.C., in order to mean '''divine reason'''.
 
"'''Logos'''" ([[Greek]]: λόγος) is the [[Greek]] term In Greek "logos" means word, reason or speech.  [[Heraclitus]], a Greek philosopher, first used the term "logos", around perhaps 500 B.C., in order to mean '''divine reason'''.
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When used in connection with thought or the mind, as in John 1:1, logos means the mental faculty of thinking and reasoning.  In the beginning was "logos", referring to the mind or thought of God.  If wikis had existed in ancient Greece, then the meaning of "logos" might have included a wiki!
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When used in connection with thought or the mind, as in John 1:1, logos means the mental faculty of thinking and reasoning.  In the beginning was "logos", referring to the mind or thought of God.  If wikis had existed in ancient Greece, then the meaning of "logos" might have included a wiki! Other example uses of logos in the [[Bible]] are in Luke 8:11, Hebrews 4:12, and Philippians 2:16.
    
In [[literature]], logos refers to an appeal to logic, as opposed to an appeal to emotion ([[pathos]]) or an appeal to authority ([[ethos]]).
 
In [[literature]], logos refers to an appeal to logic, as opposed to an appeal to emotion ([[pathos]]) or an appeal to authority ([[ethos]]).
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