6. On the Incarnation of the Word.

"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; and we have seen His glory, the glory of the Only-begotten of the Father" (v. 14).

Kn. Being:

7. "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works which he had done" (Genesis 2:2).

Gospel:

7. The coming of the Word to earth. The glory of the Saviour: "From henceforth ye shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending to the Son of man" (John 1:51).

This coincidence of thoughts and verbal expressions between the two holy books of the Old and New Testaments, this light of the first Gospel in the Church's understanding, which falls on the first book of the Prophet Moses, is confirmed by the words of the Apostle himself in the same first chapter of his Gospel: "Of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace, for the law was given through Moses; and grace and truth shall come forth through Jesus Christ" (vv. 16-17).

Therefore, there is no need to look for a source for the name "Logos – the Word", which has firmly entered Christianity. Yes, this name-concept is not at all alien to the Old Testament in general. "By the word of the Lord the heavens were created, and by the spirit of His mouth all their host" (Psalm 32:6), says the Psalms, which were in the daily reading of the Jews, whether in the Hebrew text or in the translation of the 70.

But even more clearly for us shines the Lord's farewell conversation with His disciples. "But the word that you hear is not mine, but the Father who sent me" (John 14:24). "All that I have heard from my Father I have told you" (15:15). "All that the Father has is mine" (16:15). This is the main subject of this majestic discourse, as well as the high-priestly prayer of the Lord that followed it.

The Orthodox Church has lovingly accepted the name of the Son of God "the Word" and widely uses it, but always not in its single form, but with one or another of its definitions, attributes: "Who gave birth to God the Word" ("It is truly meet"): "Only-begotten to the Son and Word of God" (hymn at the Liturgy); "To the Almighty, the Word of the Father" (in prayers for the coming sleep).

The Conception of the Forerunner of Christ John

(Luke 1:1-25).