Krist kao utjelovljeni Logos
Christ: The Logos Incarnate

Summary/Abstract: The article provides the interpretation of the first verse in the Prologue of the first chapter of John's Gospel. Our starting point is the fact of pre-existence of Logos, as well as the phrase, “in the beginning”, as the fundamental expression of God's revelation. The question arises whether there was Logos or chaos in the beginning of time, and if there really was a chaotic cosmos, it doesn't exclude the existence of an eternal Logos, which has given purpose, order, and meaning to it eventually. The pre-existing Logos was incarnated and revealed in the person of Jesus Christ. In this way, the person of Jesus Christ also has a transcendent cosmological character. John claims that Logos is the eternal God, but that He is different from the Father God at the same time. We're covering the possible reasons why John the Evangelist is the only one using the word Logos, starting from the thought of OT wisdom to Philo of Alexandria. At the end of the article we outline the linguistic and stylistic characteristics of the passage, giving special attention to the interpretation of each word, having in mind their position within the sentence as a whole.

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