[loh-gee-on, -jee-, log-ee-] 
[loh-gee-uh, -jee-uh, log-ee-uh] , lo⋅gi⋅ons. | 1. | a traditional saying or maxim, as of a religious teacher. |
| 2. | (sometimes initial capital letter ) Biblical Criticism.
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| lo·gi·a (lō'gē-ə) n. Bible Plural of logion. |
| lo·gi·on (lō'gē-ŏn') n. pl. lo·gi·a (-gē-ə) Bible
[Greek, oracle, from legein, to speak; see leg- in Indo-European roots.] |
logia
(Greek: "sayings," "words," or "discourses"), hypothetical collection, either written or oral, of the sayings of Jesus, which might have been in circulation around the time of the composition of the Synoptic Gospels (i.e., those of Matthew, Mark, and Luke). Most biblical scholars agree that Matthew and Luke based their written accounts largely on The Gospel According to Mark. The versions of Matthew and Luke, however, both share a good deal of material that is absent from Mark. This shared material is largely made up of sayings attributed to Jesus, an ostensible coincidence that has led biblical scholars to hypothesize the existence of an undetermined source, perhaps the logia, from which the shared material is drawn
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