The Eternal Word and the Unconquerable Light (John 1:1–5)
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John’s introduction of the Logos in his Prologue masterfully engages both Hellenistic and Jewish intellectual worlds, yet it fundamentally redefines them. In Greek philosophy, particularly Stoicism, the logos was understood as an impersonal, rational principle that structured and governed the cosmos, functioning as a spark inherent in nature. Dualistic Greek ideas also viewed the material world as inferior, attributing creation to a lesser deity. John radically counters this by presenting the Logos as the personal…
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