WhichofthesetwosensesisthatwhichSt。JohnintendedtoassigntothewordlogosinthefirstchapterofhisGospel，andinallhiswritings?
St。JohnwasaJew，bornandeducatedinPalestine；hehadnoknowledge，atleastverylittle，ofthephilosophyoftheGreeks，andthatoftheGrecizingJews:hewouldnaturally，then，attachtothewordlogosthesenseattachedtoitbytheJewsofPalestine。If，infact，wecomparetheattributeswhichheassignstothelogoswiththosewhichareassignedtoitinProverbs，intheWisdomofSolomon，inEcclesiasticus，weshallseethattheyarethesame。TheWordwasintheworld，andtheworldwasmadebyhim；inhimwaslife，andthelifewasthelightofmen，c。i。v。10—14。ItisimpossiblenottotraceinthischaptertheideaswhichtheJewshadformedoftheallegorizedlogos。Theevangelistafterwardsreallypersonifiesthatwhichhispredecessorshavepersonifiedonlypoetically；forheaffirms\"thattheWordbecameflesh，\"v。14。Itwastoprovethisthathewrote。Closelyexamined，theideaswhichhegivesofthelogoscannotagreewiththoseofPhiloandtheschoolofAlexandria；theycorrespond，onthecontrary，withthoseoftheJewsofPalestine。PerhapsSt。John，employingawell—knowntermtoexplainadoctrinewhichwasyetunknown，hasslightlyalteredthesense；itisthisalterationwhichweappeartodiscoveroncomparingdifferentpassagesofhiswritings。
Itisworthyofremark，thattheJewsofPalestine，whodidnotperceivethisalteration，couldfindnothingextraordinaryinwhatSt。JohnsaidoftheLogos；atleasttheycomprehendeditwithoutdifficulty，whiletheGreeksandGrecizingJews，ontheirpart，broughttoitprejudicesandpreconceptionseasilyreconciledwiththoseoftheevangelist，whodidnotexpresslycontradictthem。ThiscircumstancemusthavemuchfavoredtheprogressofChristianity。Thusthefathersofthechurchinthetwofirstcenturiesandlater，formedalmostallintheschoolofAlexandria，gavetotheLogosofSt。JohnasensenearlysimilartothatwhichitreceivedfromPhilo。TheirdoctrineapproachedveryneartothatwhichinthefourthcenturythecouncilofNicecondemnedinthepersonofArius。—G。
M。GuizothasforgottenthelongresidenceofSt。JohnatEphesus，thecentreoftheminglingopinionsoftheEastandWest，whichweregraduallygrowingupintoGnosticism。SeeMatter。Hist。duGnosticisme，vol。i。p。154。St。John\'ssenseoftheLogosseemsasfarremovedfromthesimpleallegoryascribedtothePalestinianJewsasfromtheOrientalimpersonationoftheAlexandrian。ThesimpletruthmaybethatSt。Johntookthefamiliarterm，and，asitwereinfusedintoitthepeculiarandChristiansenseinwhichitisusedinhiswritings。—M。]
[Footnote21:SeeBeausobre，Hist。CritiqueduManicheisme，tom。