sophiology

S1O1P3H4I1O1L1O1G2Y4

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.

Similar
Sophianism
OriginRussian Софиология →
Scrabble 19
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounsophiology (uncountable)
  1. uncountableChristianityA 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 & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
Sophianism

Origin

  1. RussianСофиология
  2. Englishsophiology

From Russian Софиология (Sofiologija).

More words from Russian

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

sophiology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sophiology

MLA

“sophiology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sophiology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sophiology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sophiology.

Source: sophiology on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.