Sophia???

[Monica4316]

Hi

I really need an answer to this…if anyone knows and can help me out that would be great.

is Mary ever referred to in the Church as “Sophia”? ie: “wisdom” from Proverbs etc.

or, is that more from Gnosticism etc?

what is “Sophia”? or Wisdom? (in the context of Scripture and Church teaching)

thank you

 

[Spencerian]

Hi

I really need an answer to this…if anyone knows and can help me out that would be great.

is Mary ever referred to in the Church as “Sophia”? ie: “wisdom” from Proverbs etc.

or, is that more from Gnosticism etc?

what is “Sophia”? or Wisdom? (in the context of Scripture and Church teaching)

thank you

Hi.

Yes, what you describe was part of Gnosticism.

The Catholic Encyclopedia’s entry on Gnosticism notes where Sophia concepts were applied or adapted to Marian concepts as Gnostic Christianity came to be. (Search for “Pistus Sophia”.) You should also see that Mary Magdalene was also part of these writings.

 

[EmeraldWings]

i’ve heard of this, although i am not 100% clear on it’s origin, there is a belief going on with this “sophia” thing, and although i know it’s supposed to be the Greek word for wisdom, people have somehow(not entirely clear on how or why) made this “sophia” into a goddess,
they claim to be catholic and believe this, when clearly it is blasphemy…so i’m really not sure how they reason this all out with themselves,
but as for Mary being referred to as sophia? i would say no, i have never seen that in the bible, although maybe it’s in the bible in another language, but i really have not seen the Blessed Mother referred to as sophia or wisdom…

other then that i don’t know much else on it, but maybe someone else will know more.

 

[Lief_Erikson]

Many of the Medieval Church Fathers saw the passages in Proverbs (and presumably Sirach) about Wisdom as referring to Mary as well as to Jesus.

 

[Monica4316]

Thank you

I think IF the title Sophia is applied to Mary, then it is probably just in a symbolic or prophetic way… of course, Mary is not a goddess.

I was just wondering cause this came up in another conversation.

God bless