The Enchiridion of Pope Leo

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The beginning of the Holy Gospel according to Saint John.

THE Wordoriginal: "Verbe." In theological and esoteric contexts, this refers to the Logos, the divine reason or creative order of the universe personified in Christ. was from the beginning, & the Word was in God, & the Word was God, & he was from the beginning in God. All things were made by him, & nothing was made without him; what was made was life in him, & the life (of GraceThe original text includes "de la Grace" in parentheses, likely as a theological clarification that the "life" mentioned refers specifically to divine assistance or spiritual life.) was the light of men: this light shines in the darkness, & the darkness did not understand it; there was a man called John, sent from God; that man came to be a witness to bear testimony of the light, so that all might believe through him, but even though he bore testimony of the light, he himself was not however the light. The true light was