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Цркве Свете Софије
The Hagia Sophia Churches

Author(s): Georgiy Florovsky
Contributor(s): Aleksandar Đakovac (Translator)
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Architecture, History of Church(es), Visual Arts, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Свети Архијерејски Синод
Keywords: Logos; Wisdom; Sophia; Proverbs; church art; iconography

Summary/Abstract: In the Orthodox Church, the Wisdom of God was never understood as an abstract energy – it was identified with Christ, the Incarnated Logos, which has its echo in the church art. The author briefly reviews the historical testimonies of such understanding, starting from New Testament writings, through the Byzantine era to the late Middle Ages in Russia.

  • Issue Year: XLII/2009
  • Issue No: 1-3
  • Page Range: 91-94
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Serbian