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There is a new exhibit in the Museum of the Bible about the numerous Hagia Sophias. By way of background these churches are called Hagia Sophia because of the Orthodox theology that the personification of God\u2019s wisdom found in Proverbs 3, 8-9 was assumed to actually refer to Christ the second person of the Trinity who was involved in the work of creation with the Father.\u00a0 Hagia Sophia then is usually accompanied with and pointing to an image of Christ, as in Istanbul, Christ in glory, Christ pre-existing etc.\u00a0 \u00a0Here are some of the wonderful pictures of the various churches with this name.\u00a0 Let\u2019s start\u00a0 with the five examples in Turkey.\u00a0 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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But it is not just in Turkey you have such churches, for example there are some in Italy and London, for example\u2026.<\/p>\n

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No two of these are precisely alike, and all of them are interesting.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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