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Pistis Sophia
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Pistis Sophia is a lengthy later Gnostic text in which the risen Jesus teaches disciples about heavenly realms, repentance, Sophia, and liberation.
Pistis Sophia is a later Gnostic dialogue text centered on Sophia, repentance, and cosmic ascent language.
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Pistis Sophia is a later Gnostic dialogue text centered on Sophia, repentance, and cosmic ascent language.
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The story behind Pistis Sophia
The text survives in Coptic manuscript tradition and has long been studied as one of the major sources for later Gnostic myth and practice.
The spiritual meaning of Pistis Sophia
Spiritually, Pistis Sophia asks how repentance, wisdom, loss, and restoration are imagined in symbolic cosmic drama.
Pistis Sophia in the Bible
Pistis Sophia is not biblical canon. It uses Christian names and scenes inside a theological world very different from mainstream creedal Christianity.
Why Pistis Sophia matters
Pistis Sophia matters because it preserves a complex devotional and cosmological stream of late antique Gnostic Christianity.
Where readings of Pistis Sophia go wrong
A common error is to treat Pistis Sophia as a simple beginner map of all Gnosticism.
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Sources and editorial method
This entry summarizes the tradition in the Almanac's own words; where no source is listed, it is an editorial summary rather than a primary text, and symbolic readings are named as the tradition's, not as fact.
- Source
- The Great Almanac Dictionary
- Category
- Nephilim, Enoch & Hidden Books
- Last updated
- 2026-09-26
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What is Pistis Sophia?
Pistis Sophia is a lengthy later Gnostic text in which the risen Jesus teaches disciples about heavenly realms, repentance, Sophia, and liberation.
Where does Pistis Sophia come from?
The text survives in Coptic manuscript tradition and has long been studied as one of the major sources for later Gnostic myth and practice.
What does Pistis Sophia mean spiritually?
Spiritually, Pistis Sophia asks how repentance, wisdom, loss, and restoration are imagined in symbolic cosmic drama.
What do people get wrong about Pistis Sophia?
A common error is to treat Pistis Sophia as a simple beginner map of all Gnosticism.
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