Homelessness of Jesus
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The gospels suggest that Jesus lacked a permanent home during the period of public ministry that occupied his last years. He left the economic security he had as an artisan and the reciprocity he had
Canadian sculptor Tim Schmalz's 2013 sculpture Jesus the Homeless
Sophia (wisdom)
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Sophia, or Sofia is a central idea in Hellenistic philosophy and religion, Platonism, and Gnosticism. Originally carrying a meaning of 'cleverness, skill', the later meaning of the term, 'sound judgem
Homelessness of Jesus
…if he (the Messiah) should come, 'there's no place in which he can sit down'. Sophiologists interpreted Jesus' homelessness as the homelessness of Sophia. New Monastic writer Shane Claiborne refers to Jesus as "the homeless rabbi". Catholic theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether discusses Jesus' homelessness…
Personification of Wisdom (Koine Greek: Σοφία, Sophía) at the Library of Celsus in Ephesus (second century)
Icon of Divine Wisdom (София Премудрость Божия) from St George Church in Vologda (16th century)
Reconstruction of the Hagia Sophia basilica in Istanbul (section)
"Wisdom hath built her house" (Премудрость созда Себе дом, Novgorod, 16th century)