Logos & Human Reasoning:
"Logos is the written word."
"And logic is just human reasoning."
It's funny you would make both of these statements in the same post.
The mere use of the word "logos" actually shows us that logic is more than just human reasoning.
How so?
Because Logos also means "logic".
Logos, the logic, the transcendent divine order, the transcendent divine mind, from which all order flows... "was made flesh".
Logos in Greek is a very complex word, and that's why John used it.
When it says the "logos" was made flesh, it doesn't just mean some written words on paper were made flesh.
That isn't what it means at all.
It means, essentially, the very essence or mind of God was incarnated as a human.
Logos, logic, is NOT human reasoning.
Christian theologians and philosophers understand, from both scripture and other means, that "logic" is eternal, and it is intrinsic to God's own divine nature and mind.
John called Christ, in his eternal state, the "logos"... and logos means both "word", and the "eternal and transcendent principle of logic."
Words:
What does it mean to be "the word"?
Think about it... what is a verbal word?
A word is a symbolic representation of THOUGHT, of MIND.
God's verbal words are the manifestation of God's MIND.
Minds and words are connected... they cannot be separated.
Christ can be called the "word" of God, because he shares the mind of God... the father and son are of the same mind and essence.
So it makes perfect sense to use this word "logos" for Christ.
He is the mind and logic of God... the essence of God... the eternal and divine.
Ancient Times vs Modern Times:
In ancient times, the word logic did not mean "mere human reasoning"... that's not what it meant.
In modern times, among Christians theologians, Christian philosophers, and even atheist philosophers... "logic" STILL does not mean "mere human reasoning." That's not what it means now either.
This is just never what the word has meant.
To this day, atheist scholars and philosophers STILL recognize that "logic" is something abstract and transcendent.
But the atheist scholars still believe it is some kind of eternal principle that has nothing to do with a God - while Christians know, in fact, it is some intrinsic part of the very nature and mind of God himself.
The LOGOS was made flesh:
Logos, in Greek, meant both:
a. words - which are representations of mind, and flow from mind
b. logic - which is the transcendent principle of eternal mind.
This is why John used the word Logos.
Christ, the logic of God, the very essence of God, was made flesh.
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