Lady Wisdom, the Word, and Prayers to Mary

Blessed memorial of Saint Athanasius. John 1 says “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Back in the 4th century A.D., the heretic Arius used Biblical references to Sophia/Wisdom to say that the Word/Logos was an angelic creature: not God. The Logos, said Arius, was …