I believe that Sophia is a name for the Holy Spirit which is a part of the trinity. Sophia means wisdom which is a gift of the Holy Spirit. I do not consider Mary the Mother of Jesus and Mary Magdalen to be the same person or of the same essence. They were all present at the same time with Jesus during his earthly ministry. They each had their own roles to play. Mary was Jesus's mother who God chose to be the vessel to bring Jesus to the world as both human and God. Mary Magdalen was a very important woman to Jesus, possibly even His wife. She was there with him throughout His ministry and was the first one to report that He had risen again. The other disciples mainly, Peter were jealous of the closeness Mary Magdalen had with Our Lord. If you read the Gospel of Mary Magdalen, you will see how Peter rebukes her and tries to dismiss her because she was a woman. But it is evident that she was divine by the teachings she shares. Mary Magdalen is one of the Divine Masters. There are several of them. They were special people chosen by God to teach us about the spiritual things. I do believe that Mary, Mother of Jesus is the Queen of Heaven. As a Vincention, today I celebrate with my community the feast day of St. Catherine Laboure who was a Daughter of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. Mother Mary appeared to her and instructed her to have a medal made depicting the vision she saw. This was the beginning of the miraculous medal of Our Lady. The Feast Day of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal was yesterday, November 27th. Mother Mary is crowned with a Crown of 12 stars as the Queen of Heaven. I am not a gnostic. I do believe there is some truth to many of the gnostic gospels especially the gospel of Mary Magdalen. I firmly believe she is one of the divine teachers.
I know this is probably not the answer to this week's topic that was expected from me; but even though I'm an ordained minister and a witch, 2 things that the Catholic Church prohibits, I am still a Catholic and a Vincention by heart.
Well done zinnia! Well done! Even though you are not a gnostic that is quite alright and you have given to us many truths about sophia and both Mary Mother and Mary Magdalene which is impressive in how you have also shown us a clear relation, if any, to each.
This was exactly one of the many answers to this question and yes sophia is an alternative aspect of the holy spirit given from what source you take your information. Well done!
