For Justin generally
the pre-existent λογος had a quasi-human “form” (μορφη) or “image” (εικωο) as the “angel of the Lord” that as such was humanly comprehensible, and
in which he appeared (εφανη) to Moses and the prophets. The παις and υιος have a complete pre-existence and are
more than δυναμις or
πνευμα. Justin’s λογος appears (φανεντα) to Joshua as the “captain of the Lord’s
host” in human form (ανθρωπου μορφη). (Dialogue with Trypho, 61) (Revd Allen
Brent, Hippolytus and the Roman Church in the Third Century: Communities in
Tension Before the Emergence of a Monarch-Bishop [Texts and Studies of
Early Christian Life and Language 31; Leiden: Brill, 1995], 215)
