#32 - John 1:1 — The Word as God's Self‑Expression, Not a Co‑equal Person

John 1:1 has been called the battleground of Christian identity. Orthodox interpreters read "the Word was God" as proof that Jesus is the second person of a tri‑personal God. Faustus Socinus and the Polish Brethren read the same Greek and came to a radically different conclusion: the Logos is God's self‑expression or divine attribute, not a distinct, co‑equal person. This episode reconstructs the long history behind that debate — from Philo and the early Fathers to Athanasius and Augustine, through the Nicene controversies and Reformation commentaries — so you can hear exactly what was at stake before Socinianism offered its alternative.