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Liberale da Verona: Jesus Before the Gates of Jerusalem
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History & Society
- Greek:
- “word,” “reason,” or “plan”
- Plural:
- logoi
- Key People:
- Philo Judaeus
- Heraclitus
- Related Topics:
- Jesus
- philosophy
- logotherapy
logos, in ancient Greek philosophy and early Christian theology, the divine reason implicit in the cosmos, ordering it and giving it form and meaning. Although the concept is also found in Indian, Egyptian, and Persian philosophical and theological systems, it became particularly significant in Christian writings and doctrines as a vehicle for conceiving the role of Jesus Christ as the principle of God active in the creation and the continuous structuring of the cosmos and in revealing the divine plan of salvation to human beings. It thus underlies the basic Christian doctrine of the preexistence of Jesus. The idea of ...(100 of 628 words)