Logion
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A traditional saying of a religious leader.
"It is clear from Origen's wording that he is not referring to a logion of the original Montanist leaders, but to a statement made by later adherents of the New Prophecy. […] The logion is probably authentic."
- 2 a saying of Jesus that is regarded as authentic although it is not recorded in the Gospels wordnet
- 3 A saying that is attributed to Jesus in ancient or reconstructed texts that was (originally) handed down without narrative context. specifically
"The Q materials are often thought to have almost exclusively consisted of logia."
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More examples"It is clear from Origen's wording that he is not referring to a logion of the original Montanist leaders, but to a statement made by later adherents of the New Prophecy. […] The logion is probably authentic."
Etymology
] From Ancient Greek λόγιον (lógion, “oracle”), from λόγος (lógos, “word; the word or wisdom of God”) (from λέγω (légō, “I say”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”)) + -ιον (-ion, suffix forming diminutive nouns).
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