Did Saul of Tarsus “Pauline Patriarchal Christianity” replace Sophia with the Holy Spirit.?
I’m very glad you’ve posted this question and given these web links. I shall defer judgement till I’ve looked at them (which is only fair and reasonable), but I have a sneaky suspicion that you and I are in opposing camps on this subject! I would say that God is neither male nor female, and that would apply also to the Holy Spirit. I don’t think this has anything to do with gender or human attributes. But I haven’t looked at the links. Back later… Later. Paul did NOT introduce a new idea into Christian literature. The Word, the Logos, Wisdom, I AM, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit were all around at the time of creation. Sophia is a pagan goddess. I believe she appears also in Islamic tradition (but I base this only on a distant recollection of something I read – I could be wrong). There’s a whole load of rubbish written against Paul, especially to suggest he was a mysoginist. The arguments of his detractors do not convince me. Satan, that original liar and the father of the lie, mus
