Editing Logia (section)

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The term '''''logia''''' ({{langx|el|λόγια}}), plural of '''''logion''''' ({{langx|el|λόγιον}}), is used variously in ancient writings and modern scholarship in reference to communications of divine origin. In pagan contexts, the principal meaning was "[[oracle]]s", while Jewish and Christian writings used ''logia'' in reference especially to "[[Biblical inspiration|the divinely inspired Scriptures]]". A famous and much-debated occurrence of the term is in the account by [[Papias of Hierapolis]] on the origins of the [[canonical Gospels]]. Since the 19th century, [[New Testament]] scholarship has tended to reserve the term ''logion'' for a divine saying, especially one spoken by Jesus, in contrast to narrative, and to call a collection of such sayings, as exemplified by the [[Gospel of Thomas]], ''logia''.