In the Christian New Testament tradition, logos means 'word' (as in 'In the beginning was the Word'), not free rationality—the primary reality is the authoritative, fundamental, divine word of God; this difference in meaning has been the source of endless confusion in Western philosophy between devotees of Athens and Jerusalem.
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Unidentified Speaker — Great Minds - Introduction to the Problems and Scope of Phi… [8ZoQ7wh9pSQ]Evidence Quote
“in the tradition of biblical faith logos does not mean free untrammeled reason... logos means word... the authoritative fundamental divine word of god is the logos... the fact that both those who are devotees of athens and those who are devotees of jerusalem have both been using the same word for one of their favorite things has been the source of an endless amount of confusion”
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