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"For the Word of God is alive and powerful."

Indeed it is, but although 100% of Scripture is the Word of God, it is not 100% of the Revealed word or a fraction of the Word incarnate. God is the author of Scripture. Scripture is not God. Scripture is a reflection of God because it is from God that Scripture derives the truth and light that it shines on us. To worship Scripture is a form of idolatry called bibliolotry. Surely, you are not advocating that, are you?

Catholic seminarians are required to study philosophy before the study theology because some of concepts and terminology introduced in the New Testament are incomprehensible and corruptible to those with no classical educations. In John 1:1, when St. John introduced and consecrated the term "Logos", he didn't arbitrarily choose "word", like some kind of algebraic variable or place holder that would be left to future English speakers to solve. He called upon a term that was already hundreds of years old within the Greek Stoic philosophers. Logos, was not simply Greed for "word". It was the term for a complete system of order and knowledge. The Stoic philosophers identified the term with the divine animating principle pervading the Universe and everything in it.

Jesus is indeed the Logos that we both love and worship. I am sure that is what you meant.

103 posted on 04/18/2012 3:52:59 PM PDT by Natural Law (If you love the Catholic Church raise your hands, if not raise your standards.)
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To: Natural Law
Indeed it is, it is not 100% of the Revealed word or a fraction of the Word incarnate.

God's Word is what IT is and DON'T say what it ISN'T according to man's understanding. HE has preserved HIS WORD. DO NOT ADD to it or take ANYTHING away from it by adding words of 'man'. God's WORD ALONE IS HOLY SPIRIT INSPIRED - man's word is NOT. The HOLY SPIRIT REVEALS His Word.

God's Word ALONE is 100% complete for HIS children. God holds nothing back from His own. His children know HIM and will NEVER look to man for anything when it pertains to His Holy Spirit Inspired Word - ONLY HIM!

Jesus is indeed the Logos that we both love and worship. I am sure that is what you meant.

You are wrong. We are like oil and water, especially when you 'try' to put words in my mouth. Deception is a trademark of catholicism/worldly organization.

I belong to Jesus, The Father gave me to Jesus, as HIS WORD ALONE reigns with Jesus as It does for His own as Jesus only spoke what The Father told Him to speak and HE only did what He heard The Father told Him to do.

John 17

6 I have shown these men who YOU really are. They are men whom you gave Me from the world. They belonged to YOU and YOU gave them to Me. They have obeyed YOU.

7Now they really know that everything YOU gave Me comes from YOU.

8I have told them the things that YOU told me to tell them. And they have believed My Words. They know it is true that I was with YOU before I came. They have believed that YOU sent Me.

9It is these men I am asking you for. I am not asking you for the people of the world. But I am asking for those YOU gave Me, because they belong to YOU.

10All those I have are yours. And all you have are mine. And they make my name great.

11`I am not in the world any longer. But they are in the world. And I am coming to YOU. Holy Father, keep them in YOUR name, which YOU have given Me. Then they will be one, just as YOU and I are one.

12While I was with them, I took care of them in YOUR name, which YOU gave me. I have taken care of them. Only one of them is lost. That is the one who was born to be lost. What YOUR book says came true.

13Now I am coming to YOU. `I say these things while I am in the world so that they may be very glad, as I am.

14I have told them what YOU said. The world has hated them because they do not belong to the world. So also, I do not belong to the world.

15I do not ask YOU to take them out of the world. But I ask YOU to take care of them, so that the evil one of this world will not harm them.

16They do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.

17Make them clean by the true WORD and keep them for Yourself. YOUR WORD IS TRUE.

I belong to NO OTHER, nor listen to NO other words but GOD's WORD.

106 posted on 04/18/2012 8:11:53 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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