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Oct 14, '07, 10:15 pm
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On the Hagia Sofia
Quick question: Hagia Sofia can be translated either as Saint Sophia or Holy Wisdom. Which is the more correct translation in regards to the motherchurch of the Greek Orthodoxy stolen by the muslims? Is it the Church of Holy Wisdom or the Church of Saint Sophia, dedicated to an actual person?
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Oct 14, '07, 10:21 pm
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Re: On the Hagia Sofia
Sorry, I meant to post this in the Eastern forum but went here by mistake. Could a kind moderator please moved it for me? 
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Oct 14, '07, 10:45 pm
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Re: On the Hagia Sofia
I took a class in humanities/arts from my secualar college. I learned that it was not a church dedicated to a person, but it pertains to God's holy wisdom, so it was dedicated to God. I don't know if that makes sense, but I hope it helped a little bit.
Pax
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I love and support the Traditional Latin Mass
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Oct 15, '07, 2:10 pm
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Re: On the Hagia Sofia
There were to be three big churches in Constaintinople, Holy Wisdom (Agia Sofia, not St. Sophie), Holy Peace (Agia Eirene, not St. Irene), and Holy Power (Agios Dynamis), for Our Lord under three titles, "O Christ, Great and most holy Pascha, O Wisdom, Peace, and Power of God..." as one Paschal (Easter) hymn puts it.
I don't think the third ever got built.
There is, however, the Holy Martyr Sophia (Wisdom) and her three virgin daughters, Faith, Hope, and Love (Pistis, Elpis, and Agape).
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Oct 16, '07, 1:43 am
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Re: On the Hagia Sofia
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Originally Posted by bpbasilphx
There were to be three big churches in Constaintinople, Holy Wisdom (Agia Sofia, not St. Sophie), Holy Peace (Agia Eirene, not St. Irene), and Holy Power (Agios Dynamis), for Our Lord under three titles, "O Christ, Great and most holy Pascha, O Wisdom, Peace, and Power of God..." as one Paschal (Easter) hymn puts it.
I don't think the third ever got built.
There is, however, the Holy Martyr Sophia (Wisdom) and her three virgin daughters, Faith, Hope, and Love (Pistis, Elpis, and Agape).
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May it be built, even if it takes 'till the Age to come... 
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Oct 16, '07, 1:26 pm
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Re: On the Hagia Sofia
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Originally Posted by Caesar
Quick question: Hagia Sofia can be translated either as Saint Sophia or Holy Wisdom. Which is the more correct translation in regards to the motherchurch of the Greek Orthodoxy stolen by the muslims? Is it the Church of Holy Wisdom or the Church of Saint Sophia, dedicated to an actual person?
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The refernce is to I Corinthians 1:23-4.
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Oct 16, '07, 5:31 pm
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Re: On the Hagia Sofia
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Originally Posted by bpbasilphx
I don't think the third ever got built.
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It's never too late to built it..."If we build it they will come..." 
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