Because every word of God contains the eternal Word of God — the Logos — it has the power to give birth and regenerate men. And when a man is born of the Word, he is born of the Truth.

        For this reason St. James the Apostle writes to the Christians that God the Father has brought them forth “By the word of truth” (1:18), and St. Peter tells them that they have been “Born anew…by the word of the living God, which abides forever” (1 Peter 1:23).