Comments on: Walking About Moscow http://www.antonblog.net/spirituality/walking-about-moscow/ Just another weblog of a traditional astrologer on the traditional astrology Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:29:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Funkstar http://www.antonblog.net/spirituality/walking-about-moscow/comment-page-1/#comment-538 Funkstar Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:29:52 +0000 http://www.antonblog.net/?p=451#comment-538 Thanks for that information Anton. I do love trying to finds links between history, religion and astrology. The Quinisext Council you mentioned held in what is now Turkey, is also referred to as the Council of Laodicea, named after the location, also mentioned as one of the very first Christian Churches in the King James Bible: "“And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write,..." Revelation 3:14-22. The very first astrologer I consulted about 12 years ago was a Christian astrologer. She told me that Chiron represented Christ, and that Black Moon Lilith represented Mary Magdalene. Have you ever heard of this before? Thanks for that information Anton. I do love trying to finds links between history, religion and astrology. The Quinisext Council you mentioned held in what is now Turkey, is also referred to as the Council of Laodicea, named after the location, also mentioned as one of the very first Christian Churches in the King James Bible: ““And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write,…” Revelation 3:14-22.

The very first astrologer I consulted about 12 years ago was a Christian astrologer. She told me that Chiron represented Christ, and that Black Moon Lilith represented Mary Magdalene. Have you ever heard of this before?

]]> By: Anton Grigoryev http://www.antonblog.net/spirituality/walking-about-moscow/comment-page-1/#comment-537 Anton Grigoryev Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:48:42 +0000 http://www.antonblog.net/?p=451#comment-537 No. According to Orthodox tradition, Sophia is Jesus Christ. It is derived from The First Epistle to the Corinthians by Apostle Paul (But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. I:24). Saint Gregory of Neocaesarea (IIIrd century) repeats it in his Declaration of Faith: "There is one God, the Father of the living Word, who is His subsistent Wisdom and Power and Eternal Image..." The story of building the temple of Saint Sophia in Constantinople by the emperor Justinian says about an appearance of an angel, the temple's guard, who swore by the name of Sophia. "And therefore the temple got the name of Holy Sophia (Agia Sophia), that means the God's Word (Logos)". And the Word (Logos) is the name of Christ in the beginning of the Gospel of John (In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made). We can see Sophia as an angel in the Sophia of Novgorod (this icon is in the fresco). But it is still Jesus Christ. The presentation of Christ as an angel is quite typical for early Christians. For example, Dionysius the Areopagite says in his The Celestial Hierarchy: "...Jesus Himself, because He came for the good work of our salvation to fulfil the law in its spiritual application, was called Angel of Good Counsel" He means the image from the Book of Isaiah IX:6. But the Quinisext Council held in 692 in Constantinopole recommended to depict Christ as a human. It was due to the Christological disputes. Therefore the images of Christ as an angel are rare enough. No. According to Orthodox tradition, Sophia is Jesus Christ. It is derived from The First Epistle to the Corinthians by Apostle Paul (But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. I:24).
Saint Gregory of Neocaesarea (IIIrd century) repeats it in his Declaration of Faith: “There is one God, the Father of the living Word, who is His subsistent Wisdom and Power and Eternal Image…”
The story of building the temple of Saint Sophia in Constantinople by the emperor Justinian says about an appearance of an angel, the temple’s guard, who swore by the name of Sophia. “And therefore the temple got the name of Holy Sophia (Agia Sophia), that means the God’s Word (Logos)”. And the Word (Logos) is the name of Christ in the beginning of the Gospel of John (In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made).

We can see Sophia as an angel in the Sophia of Novgorod (this icon is in the fresco). But it is still Jesus Christ. The presentation of Christ as an angel is quite typical for early Christians. For example, Dionysius the Areopagite says in his The Celestial Hierarchy: “…Jesus Himself, because He came for the good work of our salvation to fulfil the law in its spiritual application, was called Angel of Good Counsel” He means the image from the Book of Isaiah IX:6.

But the Quinisext Council held in 692 in Constantinopole recommended to depict Christ as a human. It was due to the Christological disputes. Therefore the images of Christ as an angel are rare enough.

]]> By: Funkstar http://www.antonblog.net/spirituality/walking-about-moscow/comment-page-1/#comment-534 Funkstar Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:29:52 +0000 http://www.antonblog.net/?p=451#comment-534 Hello Anton, great blogs you have here. I have not heard much of Sophia. Are there any associations here with Mary the Mother, or Mary Magdalene? Hello Anton, great blogs you have here. I have not heard much of Sophia. Are there any associations here with Mary the Mother, or Mary Magdalene?

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