Substitution of Son for Word

It is a common but patent misreading of the opening of John’s Gospel to read it as if it said: In the beginning was the Son and the Son was with God and the Son was God. What has happened here is the substitution of Son for Word, and thereby the Son is made a member of the Godhead which existed from the beginning.

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Author: Colin Brown

Keywords: Logos, In the beginning, The word was made flesh

Bible reference(s): John 1:1-3

Source: Colin Brown, Trinity and Incarnations: In Search of Contemporary Orthodoxy, Ex Auditu (7); 1991, p. 88-89

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