page_title: Logos (Christianity)
section_title: Revelation 19:13
hierarchical_section_title: Logos (Christianity) / Christ as the Logos / Revelation 19:13
caption_attribution_description: English: Science, and particularly geometry and astronomy/astrology, was linked directly to the divine for most medieval scholars. The compass in this 13th century manuscript is a symbol of God's act of Creation. God has created the universe after geometric and harmonic principles, to seek these principles was therefore to seek and worship God. Euskara: Zientziak (eta bereziki geometria eta astronomia / astrologia), jainkoekin lotura zuzena zuen Erdi Aroko jakintsu gehienentzat. XIII. mendeko eskuizkribu honetan konpasa Jainkoaren Sorkuntzako egintzaren sinboloa da. Jainkoak unibertsoa printzipio geometriko eta harmonikoen bidez sortu zuen, printzipio horiek aztertzea Jainkoa aztertzea eta gurtzea zen. Català: En l'Antiguitat i l'Edat mitjana, l'astronomia i la geometria estaven connectades amb els conceptes de la divinitat. El compàs, en aquest manuscrit del segle XIII és un símbol de l'acte de la creació de Déu
context_page_description: In Christology, the Logos is a name or title of Jesus Christ, derived from the prologue to the Gospel of John "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God", as well as in the Book of Revelation, "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God." These passages have been important for establishing the doctrine of the divinity of Jesus since the earliest days of Christianity.
  According to Irenaeus of Lyon a student of John's disciple Polycarp, John the Apostle wrote these words specifically to refute the teachings of Cerinthus, who both resided and taught at Ephesus, the city John settled in following his return from exile on Patmos. Cerinthus believed that the world was created by a power far removed from and ignorant of the Father, and that the Christ descended upon the man Jesus at his baptism, and that strict adherence to the Mosaic Law was absolutely necessary for salvation. Therefore, Irenaeus writes,
context_section_description: While John 1:1 is generally considered the first mention of the Logos in the New Testament, chronologically the first reference occurs is in the book of Revelation (c 85). In it the Logos is spoken of as the name of Jesus, who at the Second Coming rides a white horse into the Battle of Armageddon wearing many crowns, and is identified as King of Kings, and Lord of Lords:
  He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God . . . And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “king of kings, and lord of lords.”
  — Revelation 19:13, 16 (NASB)
caption: God the Geometer — Gothic frontispiece of the Bible moralisée, representing God's act of Creation. France, mid-13th century
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