In the prologue to Saint John's Gospel, the special character of the Word's relationship to the Father is signalled by the Greek phrase pros ton Theon. This is usually translated "The Word was with God." There is, however, another element in the expression. The phrase means that the Word was eternally moving toward the Father. Far from being a static relationship, the Word is constantly pressing closer and closer to the Father, eternally penetrating more deeply into the heart of God (as Saint John says at the end of the prologue), and being joined to God by the pure passion of the Holy Spirit.