tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post113994102533683755..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: Patristic Quote for the DayWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1139946680460607472006-02-14T13:51:00.000-06:002006-02-14T13:51:00.000-06:00In my reading, at any rate, the term Logos is far,...In my reading, at any rate, the term Logos is far, far more frequently used by the Fathers for the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. If they wish to speak of Holy Scripture, they tend to call it just that: Holy Scripture. Thus, in the last paragraph of *On the Incarnation*:<BR/><BR/>But for the searching and right understanding of the Scriptures there is need of a good life and a pure soul, and for Christian virtue to guide the mind to grasp, so far as human nature can, the truth concerning God the Word.<BR/><BR/>That's really pretty typical of the Fathers, I'd say.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1139946008337149772006-02-14T13:40:00.000-06:002006-02-14T13:40:00.000-06:00Quotes like these remind me of St. John the Apostl...Quotes like these remind me of St. John the Apostle's Christology, defining "Word" as the 2nd person of the Trinity. I have found that the average (Lutheran?) layman defines "Word" as Bible. Certainly Luther often uses both definitions. But what say the Fathers? Are they consistent in defining Word as the 2nd person, or do they often define "Word" as Bible?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com