Logos means the spoken or written word, because it makes manifest, and reveals to us the invisible thoughts. It is used of Christ, the Living Word, because He reveals the invisible God. “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, He being in the bosom of the Father, This one [hath] declared [Him]” (John 1:18). It is not that we have to explain Christ, but that His mission is to explain God to us. He interprets the Father. And we have to believe Him. The word “declare” in John 1:18 is