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Sophia her Greek name,
or Sapienta, her Latin name,
meaning wisdom. From
Jewish literature: “She
reaches out from one end
of earth to the other with full
strength and orders all things
well... herself unchanging, she
makes all things anew.” Early
Christians called her the Holy
Spirit, Gnostics called her
Mother of All. The Shakers
recognized her in this rhyme:
“Wisdom holds the Mother’s
seat, and the Father’s
helper-meet.”
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