I am on team for an upcoming Catholic based spiritual retreat. The “Spiritual leader” said that the Holy Spirit is called Sophia and then proceeded to refer to the Spirit as a she. Where would someone get that idea from?
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I was unsure of whether or not to respond since this is a very deep topic that I would normally want to research extensively. However, since no one has offered an answer, I will (mostly) shoot in giving an answer.
Sophia is one (but not the only) Greek word used for “wisdom” in the Bible. What is interesting is that - in the Old Testament - there are many places wherein Wisdom is discussed as though it is a person (and, yes, with the feminine pronoun “she” being used some of the time).
I am aware that some people have seen these references to Wisdom as being references to the Holy Spirit. However, there is also a long interpretative tradition of seeing the Word (the Son) as the referent in these passages (remember, St. Paul calls Christ the wisdom of God in 1 Corinthians 1, using forms of the word sophia).
While I’m not sure, it is possible that some of the OT passages are not actually referring to a divine person, but that a personification of wisdom is being used a figure in speech. However, I would want to do more research before drawing conclusions in that direction.
It is worth noting that in the New Testament where the identity of the Holy Spirit is revealed more fully, there is no explicit reference to the Holy Spirit as the Sophia of the Old Testament. Nor is there any place wherein feminine pronouns are used for the Holy Spirit. In fact, in one place, St. Paul calls the Holy Spirit “the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:17), a decidedly masculine term.
I am also unaware of feminine pronouns being applied to the Spirit in the context of the liturgy of the Church.
The most important thing to know in this matter: the Holy Spirit is neither male or female. God transcends human sexual differences.
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Well said Father! I just came across this post and a few others that I must have overlooked last year. I’m glad I stumbled upon this one!
Peace to all,
10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Sophia is OMNILogically the entire Wisdom of the Holy Spirit Family One God in being from the cross as The Paraclete through The Advocate left behind for all to share as One in being One Holy Spirit Family.
To me, The Mind of God can be understood logically and rationally, OMNILogically.
From Ancient Greek, Sophia, The noun σοφία as “skill in handicraft and art”, creates from blood and water birth all mankind failed through two natures from the “first” spirit of choice through mortal life becoming transformed Baptized in Sanctified immortality and from Sacrifice through Penance Re-Sanctified and Confirmed from the Power of The Holy Spirit and glorified and transfigured through manifesting the Body for both natures becoming again One God in Being One Holy Spirit Family.
The Holy Spirit is all Mother, Father and Son in One Holy Spirit Family of God preexisting form infallible fulfilled logical intelligence undefiled before creation was ever created was even created becoming again in all One Holy Spirit Family One God in being, OMNILogically, rationally.
Logically, St Paul defines the soul as created from blood and water birth for all from the spirit power manifesting flesh, The Body, through both natures, from the Holy Spirit through Immortal Life becoming again One God in being.
Romans 11:36
36 For from him, The Father and through Mary and for him, Jesus are all things. To him/her/ all mankind all sons and daughters of God, Sophia, The Holy Spirit Family One God in being be the glory forever! Amen.
We can witness the gender mistranslation from Romans concerning the Mother of God, Mary also preexisting with the Holy Spirit Family together with the Father and the Son in One Holy Spirit Family One God in being before creation, OMNILogically, to me.
John 1
In the beginning is the Word. The Mother, The Father and The Son.
And the Word was with God. Separately each God and each God equal in the Powers of One God.
And the Word is God. And Together One Holy Spirit Family One God in being, OMNILogically.
Does this make sense to anyone? on realogic? What then am I missing? Thanks in advance.
We know logically there is a Miriam Presence in the Catholic Church through the Trinity, OMNILogically.
Enclosed please find in good order one logical explaination of The Miriam Presence now available OMNILogically for the Catholic Church.
The Wisdom of God is the entire Holy Spirit Family One God in being. From The Father through The Mother for The Son in all mankind becoming the Christ, the Wisdom of the Holy Spirit Family and One God in being conceived through the souls of all for the flesh becoming in all for spirit and life becoming One Body becoming again One Holy Spirit Family One God in being, OMNILogically.
Peace always,
Stephen