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Ascending to the bridal chamber (1)

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Ascent of the soul (1)
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03.02 Cult of Ištar
03.02.01 Doctrine of salvation
03.02.01.10 Ascent of the soul (1)
God = Bridegroom
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03.02 Cult of Ištar
03.02.01 Doctrine of salvation
03.02.01.11 Union with god
03.02.01.11.03 God = Bridegroom
Immortality of the soul
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01.01 Cosmogonic and cosmological ideas
01.01.09 Immortality of the soul
Soul = Bride
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03.02 Cult of Ištar
03.02.01 Doctrine of salvation
03.02.01.11 Union with god
03.02.01.11.02 Soul = Bride

Keywords
bridal chamber

Period
2nd century CE

Channel
Roman inscriptions

Text
Epitaph of Flavia Sophe:
You who have yearned for the paternal light, sister and spouse, my Sophe, anointed in the baths of Christ with incorruptible, holy oil, you hastened to look upon the divine faces of the aeons, the great angel of the great council, the true son, as you enter the bridal chamber, ascending [immortal] to the bosom of the father.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Epitaph of Flavia Sophe

Bibliography

Quispel 1974, I 58

Quispel, Gilles. Gnostic Studies. 2 Vols. Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut in het Nabije Oosten 1974.

Amar Annus

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