John 1:

[1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
[2] The same was in the beginning with God.
[3] All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

[14] And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

To Philo (a Jewish philosopher), "[Logos] is neither without beginning (agenetos) as is God, nor begotten (genetos) as you are [mankind], but intermediate (mesos) between these two extremes" (Quis rer. divin. haeres sit, 205-06)

St. John, rather, unites God and man in a new person.   Philo would find this rather silly, like declaring the marital status of the number five, or stating the mass of Catholicism in grams.

My understanding is that Christology was in considerable flux for several centuries and is even now only tentatively settled.

(November 15, 2022 at 11:10 am)LinuxGal Wrote: John 1:

[1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
[2] The same was in the beginning with God.
[3] All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

[14] And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

To Philo (a Jewish philosopher), "[Logos] is neither without beginning (agenetos) as is God, nor begotten (genetos) as you are [mankind], but intermediate (mesos) between these two extremes" (Quis rer. divin. haeres sit, 205-06)

St. John, rather, unites God and man in a new person.   Philo would find this rather silly, like declaring the marital status of the number five, or stating the mass of Catholicism in grams.

Jews and Christians disagree about Jesus.