Rhema vs. Logos — What's the Difference?

Rhema (ῥῆμα in Greek) literally means an "utterance" or "thing said" in Greek. It is a word that signifies the action of utterance.In philosophy, it was used by both Plato and Aristotle to refer to propositions or sentences.In Christianity, it is used in reference to the concept of Rhematos Christou, Jesus Christ's sayings.

Logos (UK: , US: ; Ancient Greek: λόγος, romanized: lógos; from λέγω, légō, lit. ''I say'') is a term in Western philosophy, psychology, rhetoric, and religion derived from a Greek word variously meaning "ground", "plea", "opinion", "expectation", "word", "speech", "account", "reason", "proportion", and "discourse". It became a technical term in Western philosophy beginning with Heraclitus (c.  535 – c.  475 BC), who used the term for a principle of order and knowledge.Ancient Greek philosophers used the term in different ways.

(Christianity) A spiritual communication or inspiration from God to an individual, as opposed to the universal Logos.

The Word of God, or principle of divine reason and creative order, identified in the Gospel of John with the second person of the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ.

(in Jungian psychology) the principle of reason and judgement, associated with the animus.

In pre-Socratic philosophy, the principle governing the cosmos, the source of this principle, or human reasoning about the cosmos.

Among the Sophists, the topics of rational argument or the arguments themselves.

In Stoicism, the active, material, rational principle of the cosmos; nous. Identified with God, it is the source of all activity and generation and is the power of reason residing in the human soul.

In biblical Judaism, the word of God, which itself has creative power and is God's medium of communication with the human race.

In Hellenistic Judaism, a hypostasis associated with divine wisdom.

(Christianity) In Saint John's Gospel, especially in the prologue (1:1-14), the creative word of God, which is itself God and incarnate in Jesus. Also called Word.

(rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logic as the main argument.

Alternative case form of Logos

A word; reason; speech.

The divine Word; Christ.

The divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)