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Mary seat of Wisdom - what does that mean?
Follow this link to read the whole thing… udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq2/yq281.htmlMary is the person who through her most intimate relationship is totally receptive to the Wisdom of God so that the Litany of Loreto can call her rightfully Seat of Wisdom.*
I am no theologian, but I always envisioned a toddler Jesus sitting on Mary’s lap. So it technically means Mary, Seat of Wisdom (God), Kind of like when we say Mary, mother of God we are not saying she is a equal to Jesus–but that she is His mother. Mary not wisdom, Wisdom sat on her lap so she is Wisdom’s seat.
That is only my understanding though, so I may be wrong.
If Wisdom is seen as a embodiment of the Logos which is Christ why is it spoken of in feminine terms in other places in the Bible? This has confused me.It actually has a lot to do with Sirach and a philosophical look at Wisdom, which in greek philosophy is embodied as LOGOS, or thought of God (or Wisdom of God). The LOGOS became Christ, therefore Christ was Wisdom/Thought of God. He did sit upon her lap, but that isn’t why she is referred to as the seat.
It has also confused me. I know that SOPHIA the greek word for Wisdom was an early name for the Holy Spirit, and yes, it is feminine. Of course we must understand that greek is made up of masculine and feminie nouns while english is not. Would have they changed the basic rules of the language just to refer to Wisdom as masculine? Did they need to? Does that matter?If Wisdom is seen as a embodiment of the Logos which is Christ why is it spoken of in feminine terms in other places in the Bible? This has confused me.