Open AccessSophia's theme in world and national spirituality
Author(s) -
Yevgen A. Harkovschenko
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/2004.29.1488
Subject(s) - gnosticism , christianity , doctrine , theme (computing) , iconography , mysticism , platonism , philosophy , church fathers , spirituality , new testament , literature , religious studies , old testament , middle ages , patristics , early christianity , classics , theology , art , art history , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , computer science , operating system
The Sophia tradition was formed in European philosophical and religious creativity and was developed in the pre-Christian period by Plato. Then it was reflected in Gnosticism and Neo-Platonism, the writings of prominent theorists of Christianity - fathers and teachers of the church, mystics of the Middle Ages. This tradition was reflected in the temple architecture and iconography of the Orthodox East, and took a systematic form of the doctrine of sophiology in the "philosophy of unity." The doctrine of Sophia the Wisdom of God is set forth in the biblical book of the parables of the Solomons, as well as in the non-canonical books of the Old Testament - the Wisdom of Solomon and the Wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach. In Ukraine, Sofia teaching has been known since medieval times and was a feature of Kyiv Christianity.