In Biblical the name Sophia means- wisdom.

Christian meaning of sophia. The baby name Sophia originated as an Biblical name. 4678sophía is the root of the English terms sophistication and philosophy literally respectively the art of using wisdom affection for wisdom. Where the Bible talks about sophia it is talking about Gods wisdom and its generally translated like any other Greek word.

In Gnostic tradition the term Sophia Greek for wisdom refers to the final and lowest emanation of God. She arises in the later texts of the Jewish tradition first simply as wisdom with a. Like the fallen goddesses previously mentioned this is also not an uncommon motif in ancient religionswith the soul represented as a female protagonist.

This allowed for a feminine goddess named Sophia to be worshiped. Many early Christians viewed the Christ as both the Word Logos and Wisdom Sophia of God. SophiaSofia means wisdom in Greek.

The varied knowledge of things human and divine acquired by acuteness and experience and summed up. She is God-given and God Himself as Gift. Sophia is Gift is Spirit Donum Dei.

She led them by a marvelous road. With that in mind here are some of the possible meanings to the Fall and Redemption of Sophia. The wisdom which belongs to men.

As far as I know Sophia is not a person or angel in the Bible. As the feminine face of God she is the mediator between the unknowable darkness of the Godhead and the world that we perceive. The most notable event occurred when one pastor in the mid-1970s did a survey of his female church population and found that most women were dissatisfied with the portrayal of masculine symbols depicting the God of the Bible.