John 1:1 — "The Word Was God"

The Old Catholic Church affirms the traditional reading of John 1:1 in continuity with the ecumenical councils and Catholic intellectual tradition. The verse asserts the full divinity of the Logos and its eternal existence before the incarnation. This interpretation is foundational to Old Catholic Christology.

Old Catholic scholars draw on patristic and medieval theology, interpreting 'the Word was God' as a declaration of identity and divine nature. The Logos is not subordinate to God but is God. This reading is consistent with Old Catholic affirmation of the Nicene Creed and classical Christological formulations.