Synecdoche

Definition

A literary device in which a part stands for the whole. St. Gregory the Theologian uses it to argue that “flesh” in John 1:14 means the whole human nature.

Episodes

• 025 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 5

Related Concepts

• Biblical Exegesis
• Full Humanity Of Christ
• John 114

Biblical References

• John 1:14 — *Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory—the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father. *