Editing Logia (section)

==Ancient use==
In pagan usage, ''logion'' was used interchangeably with ''chresmos'' (χρησμός) and other such terms in reference to [[oracle]]s, the pronouncements of the gods obtained usually through divination.<ref name="Warfield">{{cite journal|last=Warfield|first=Benjamin B.|authorlink=B. B. Warfield|title=The Oracles of God|journal=Presbyterian and Reformed Review|year=1900|volume=11|pages=217–260|url=http://journals.ptsem.edu/id/BR19001142/dmd003}}</ref>

The [[Septuagint]] adapted the term ''logion'' to mean "Word of God", using it especially for translating {{lang|he|אּמְרַת}} ("[http://biblehub.com/hebrew/565.htm imrah]"). For example, at [http://biblehub.com/text/psalms/12-6.htm Psalms 12:6], the Hebrew text reads: '''אִֽמֲרֹ֣ות''' יְהוָה֮ אֲמָרֹ֪ות טְהֹ֫רֹ֥ות. The equivalent passage from the Septuagint (numbered as [https://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=24&page=11 Psalms 11:7]—see [[Psalms#Numbering|here]] for explanation of numbering), reads: τὰ '''λόγια''' Κυρίου λόγια ἁγνά. The King James version [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalmi+12%3A6&version=KJV reads]: "The '''words''' of the Lord are pure words."

In [[Philo]], however, the entire [[Old Testament]] was considered the Word of God and thus spoken of as the ''logia'', with any passage of Scripture, whatever its length or content, designated a ''logion''; the sense of the word is the same as in the Septuagint, but applied broadly to inspired Scriptures.<ref name="Warfield" /> In this sense ''logia'' is used four times in the [[New Testament]]<ref>{{bibleverse|Acts|7:38}}; {{bibleverse|Romans|3:2}}; {{bibleverse|Hebrews|5:12}}; {{bibleverse|1 Pet|4:11}}.</ref> and often among the [[Church Fathers]], who also counted the New Testament books among inspired Scripture.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lightfoot|first=Joseph Barber|authorlink=Joseph Lightfoot|title=Essays on the Work Entitled Supernatural Religion|publisher=Macmillan|year=1889|pages=[https://archive.org/details/essaysonworkent00lighgoog/page/n185 170]–177|url=https://archive.org/details/essaysonworkent00lighgoog}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Gryson|first=Roger|title=A Propos du Témoignage de Papias sur Matthieu: le Sens du Mot λόγιον chez les Pères du Second Siècle|journal=Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses|year=1965|volume=41|pages=530–547}}</ref>

From ''logia'' is distinguished a related word ''logoi'' (''{{lang|el|λόγοι}}''), meaning simply "words", often in contrast to ''práxeis'' (''{{lang|el|πράξεις}}''), meaning "deeds". Words spoken by Jesus are consistently designated as ''logoi'' in ancient documents.<ref name="Robinson">{{cite book|author-last=Robinson|author-first=James M.|chapter=History of Q Research|editor-last=Robinson|editor-first=James M.|editor-last2=Hoffmann|editor-first2=Paul|editor-last3=Kloppenborg|editor-first3=John S.|display-editors=1|title=The Critical Edition of Q|year=2000|isbn=0800631498|pages=xx–xxxiii|publisher=Fortress Press }}</ref>