Excerpt from Letters on the Logos It is well known to all who watch the progress of theological controversy, and can discern the condition of religious opinion, that the decision of the great question between Unitarian and Trinitarian believers, is pro tracted, more than by any other cause, by the obscurity which has ever rested over The Word, ' as it is used in the Preface of John's Gospel, and in some other. Places of scripture. The removal of this obscurity would, it is probable, determine effectually and forever, the opinions of all, who, in sixnplicity and sincerity of spirit, seek only the truth, and love it supremely. If it should be clearly made out that the evangelist, in applying The Word' to Jesus Christ, meant to assert the absolute, underived, and independent divinity of his nature, then the Trinitarian will have secured one passage in scripture on which to stand, as upon a foundation. If, on the contrary, it can be shown that the use of this phrase, in application to our Saviour, demonstrates his inferiority to the Father, and declares the exaltation, not of his nature, but of his qflice only, then the most important, or, as some apprehend. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.