The Word of God

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I have a very basic question - what does it mean to say that Jesus is the Word of God? What is the Word of God, exactly? I find this concept very puzzling. Can someone help to explain this or suggest something I can read to clarify this concept?

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From the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It is on line so you can read the full detail of the following paragraphs.

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"The Word of God, which is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, is set forth and displays its power in a most wonderful way in the writings of the New …
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0 The Word of God. The Holy Spirit first recalls the meaning of the salvation event to the liturgical assembly by giving life to the Word of God, which is proclaimed so that it may …
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“The Sacred Scriptures contain the Word of God and, because they are inspired, they are truly the Word of God” (DV 24)
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7 The Psalter is the book in which The Word of God becomes man’s prayer. In other books of the Old Testament, "the words proclaim [God’s] works and bring to light the mystery they …
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5 The prayer of the Church, nourished by the Word of God and the celebration of the liturgy, teaches us to pray to the Lord Jesus. Even though her prayer is addressed above all to …
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2 The Word of God is a light for our path. We must assimilate it in faith and prayer and put it into practice. This is how moral conscience is formed
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For this reason the apostles confess Jesus to be the Word: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”; as “the image of the invisible God”; as …
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Hi

I have a very basic question - what does it mean to say that Jesus is the Word of God? What is the Word of God, exactly? I find this concept very puzzling. Can someone help to explain this or suggest something I can read to clarify this concept?

Many thanks

:confused:
It means God the Father communicates to us who he is and what he is like, and so perfectly describes himself that what he said (his Word) is a person who is God. Does that make sense? I got this understanding from reading Frank Sheed’s Theology for Beginners.
 
**The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. **Hebrews 1:3

The Son is the Logos. I believe it would be correct to say that Jesus is Gods thoughts in action, His expression, so that when we’ve seen the Son, we’ve seen the Father.
 
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