Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher, first used the term "logos" around 600 B.C. in order to mean divine reason.
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"'''Logos'''" ([[Greek]]: λόγος) is the [[Greek]] term used by [[John the Apostle]] to describe the second person of the [[Holy Trinity]], the Word of God. In Greek "logos" means word, reason or speech.
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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 600 B.C. in order to mean divine reason.
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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This calls into question the translation of "logos" as "Word" in the beginning of the Gospel of John.
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This calls into question the translation of "logos" as "Word" in the beginning of the Gospel of John. Under the view of some biblical scholars, logos was used by [[John the Apostle]] to describe the second person of the [[Holy Trinity]], [[Jesus]], as the Word of God.