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sophiology

sophiology noun: a controversial school of thought in Russian Orthodoxy, holding that divine wisdom is to be identified with God's essence, and that this divine wisdom is in some way expressed in the world as 'creaturely' wisdom.

Noun

sophiology (uncountable)

  1. A controversial school of thought in Russian Orthodoxy, holding that divine wisdom is to be identified with God's essence, and that this divine wisdom is in some way expressed in the world as 'creaturely' wisdom.
    Synonyms:
    Sophianism

Synonyms of sophiology

Origin of sophiology

From Russian Софиология (Sofiologija).

Questions about sophiology

What does sophiology mean?
Sophiology means a controversial school of thought in Russian Orthodoxy, holding that divine wisdom is to be identified with God's essence, and that this divine wisdom is in some way expressed in the world as 'creaturely' wisdom.
What part of speech is sophiology?
Sophiology is a noun.

Words near sophiology in the dictionary

  1. Sophie's choice
  2. Sophie's choices
  3. sophies
  4. sophiologic
  5. sophiological
  6. sophiology
  7. Sophis
  8. sophism
  9. sophisms
  10. sophist
  11. sophister

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