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Pistis Sophia is an important Gnostic text discovered in 1773,〔Jones, p. 45.〕 possibly written between the 3rd〔(Mead 1921, pp. xxix-xxxviii. )〕 and 4th centuries AD.〔Pearson, p. 74.〕 The remaining manuscript, which scholars place in the late 4th century,〔Horton, p. 136〕 relates the Gnostic teachings of the transfigured Jesus to the assembled disciples (including his mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Martha), when the risen Christ had accomplished eleven years speaking with his disciples. In it, the complex structures and hierarchies of heaven familiar in Gnostic teachings are revealed. The text proclaims that Jesus remained on earth after the resurrection for 11 years, and was able in this time to teach his disciples up to the first (i. e. beginner) level of the mystery. It starts with an allegory paralleling the death and resurrection of Jesus, and describing the descent and ascent of the soul. It then proceeds to describe important figures within the Gnostic cosmology, and then finally lists 32 carnal desires to overcome before salvation is possible. The female divinity of Gnosticism is Sophia, a being with many aspects and names. She is sometimes identified with the Holy Spirit itself but, according to her various capacities, is also the Universal Mother, the Mother of the Living or Resplendent Mother, the Power on High, She-of-the-left-hand (as opposed to Christ, understood as her husband and he of the Right Hand), as the Luxurious One, the Womb, the Virgin, the Wife of the Male, the Revealer of Perfect Mysteries, the Holy Dove of the Spirit, the Heavenly Mother, the Wandering One, or Elena (that is, Selene, the Moon). She was envisaged as the Psyche of the world and the female aspect of Logos.〔(Mead 1892, p. 67. ) Cf. (Mead 1900, pp. 419-24. )〕 ==Title== The title ''Pistis Sophia'' (Πίστις Σοφία) is nowhere given as the title of the whole work. The work got its name by mistake by Karl Gottfried Woide who was one of the first to have a closer look at the codex. Although this title is wrong, it has been kept ever since. Carl Schmidt suggests Τεύχη τοῦ Σωτῆρος (books of the saviour) instead.〔Carl Schmidt, Koptisch-gnostische Schriften S. XIV () 〕 The term Pistis Sophia is obscure, and is sometimes translated ''Faith Wisdom'' or ''Wisdom in Faith'' or ''Faith in Wisdom''. A more accurate translation, taking into account its Gnostic context, is ''The Faith of Sophia'', as Sophia to the Gnostics was a divine syzygy of Christ, rather than simply a word meaning ''wisdom''. In an earlier, simpler version of a ''Sophia,'' in the Berlin Codex and also found in a papyrus codex at Nag Hammadi, the transfigured Christ explains ''Pistis'' in a rather obscure manner: :Again, his disciples said: ''Tell us clearly how they came down from the invisibilities, from the immortal to the world that dies?'' :The perfect Saviour said: ''Son of Man consented with Sophia, his consort, and revealed a great androgynous light. Its male name is designated 'Saviour, begetter of all things'. Its female name is designated 'All-begettress Sophia'. Some call her 'Pistis. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pistis Sophia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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