Sophia
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Sophia is a philosophical and theological concept signifying divine wisdom, often personified and associated with the rational principle of the cosmos.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sophia canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
personification of wisdom
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philosophical concept ⓘ theological concept ⓘ |
| appearsInText |
Book of Proverbs
ⓘ
Gnostic scriptures ⓘ Book of Sirach ⓘ
surface form:
Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
Book of Wisdom ⓘ
surface form:
Wisdom of Solomon
|
| appearsInTradition |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox theology
Gnosticism ⓘ Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ Jewish wisdom literature ⓘ Russian religious philosophy ⓘ early Christianity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Logos
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cosmic order ⓘ creation ⓘ divine wisdom ⓘ knowledge of God ⓘ rational principle of the cosmos ⓘ revelation ⓘ salvation ⓘ |
| genderPersonification | feminine ⓘ |
| hasDebatedStatus | distinct hypostasis vs. divine attribute ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | from the Greek word “sophia” meaning wisdom ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Greek ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning | wisdom ⓘ |
| hasRole |
mediator between God and the world
ⓘ
personified wisdom figure ⓘ principle of divine ordering ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
restoration of cosmic harmony
ⓘ
union of divine and created realms ⓘ |
| iconographicAssociation |
Hagia Sophia
ⓘ
surface form:
Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom)
|
| influenced |
Christian mystical theology
ⓘ
Marian theology in some traditions ⓘ Russian sophiology ⓘ |
| philosophicalFunction |
ground of metaphysical order
ⓘ
principle of rational intelligibility of the world ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Chokhmah
ⓘ
surface form:
Hokhmah (Hebrew wisdom)
Logos in Christian theology ⓘ divine feminine ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
God’s wisdom
ⓘ
harmony of the cosmos ⓘ insight into divine mysteries ⓘ spiritual enlightenment ⓘ |
| theologicalFunction |
attribute of God
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mode of God’s self-disclosure ⓘ |
| worshipContext | venerated symbolically rather than as a separate deity in mainstream Christianity ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.