Prunikos
Sophia is occasionally referred to by the term Prunikos. In Gnosticism, Sophia is a feminine figure, analogous to the human soul but also simultaneously one of the feminine aspects of God. Gnostics held that she was the syzygy, or female twin, of Jesus, i.e. the Bride of Christ, and the Holy Spirit of the Trinity.
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When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 100 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Gnosticism is a 17th-century term.
Relationships
- aspect of
- Sophia
- co occurs with
- Barbelo, Simon Magus, Ennoia, Achamōth, Yaldabaoth
- manifests as
- Sophia
- syncretized with
- Holy Ghost
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“She is occasionally referred to by the term Achamōth (Ἀχαμώθ, Hebrew: חכמה chokmah) and as Prunikos (Προύνικος). In the Nag Hammadi texts, Sophia is the highest aeon or anthropic emanation of the godhead.”
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“Others, Epiphanius further seems to say (78 f.), told a similar tale of Prunikos, substituting Caulacau for Yaldabaoth.”
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“who is none other than her who is also called Prunikos and Holy Ghost, through whom I created the angels, while the angels created the world and men.”
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