The Axis of the Logos: A Metaphysical Inquiry into Love and Justice in Divine Revelation

The aim of this study is to examine the Johannine affirmation that “God is love” through the philosophical categories of metaphysics, epistemology, and ontology, in order to elucidate how love and justice are revealed in divine self-disclosure. Methodologically, the analysis follows a sequential reading of the Fourth Gospel in dialogue with classical philosophical branches: beginning with metaphysical claims that the Logos is eternally with God and is God; proceeding to epistemological concerns expressed in the Incarnation as the medium of divine revelation; and culminating in ontological reflection on human existence as contingent upon the creative act of the Logos. The study concludes that divine love is both essential and eternal within God’s being, yet becomes ontologically communicable through the Logos’ mediating role. The article contributes to scholarship by demonstrating how the Gospel of John provides a philosophical-theological synthesis in which faith in the incarnate Logos enables humanity to participate in divine filiation, thereby integrating love and justice as fundamental coordinates of revelation. This study positions the Logos as the central axis uniting divine love (agape) and justice (dikaiosyne), offering a novel metaphysical-theological framework that reconceptualizes the Logos as a dynamic mediator of God’s attributes. It provides a hermeneutical method for interpreting Scripture that highlights the interplay of love and justice and offers ethically grounded guidance for human action, bridging philosophy, theology, and practical ethics in contemporary contexts.