Assertion: wisdom | /r/HasProperty | sophia
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text: Christian theology received the Old Testament personification of Wisdom (Hebrew Chokhmah) as well as the concept of Wisdom (Sophia) from Greek philosophy, especially Platonism.
text: Wisdom (Sophia) is mentioned in the gospels of Luke and Matthew a number of times in reference to Jesus.
text: The word “philosophy” literally means the “love” (philo in Greek) of “wisdom” (sophia).
text: Wisdom (sophia) is a little different, however, because it’s considered the bride of the Word made flesh, or Jesus Christ.
text: Thus, in the Library of Celsus in Ephesus, built in the 2nd century, there are four statues of female allegories, depicting wisdom (Sophia), knowledge (Episteme), intelligence (Ennoia) and valour (Arete).
text: Augustine made this distinction between sophia and gnosis:"These are usually distinguished so that wisdom [sophia] pertains to the understanding of eternal matters, but knowledge [gnosis] to those things which we experience through the senses of the body.