theophany

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Is it credible that he would not have made mention of a revelation or a theophany, had either fallen to his lot?

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  1. noun An appearance of a god to a human; a divine manifestation.

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  • THE Sufi master is the representative of the esoteric function of the Prophet of Islam and by the same token the theophany of Divine Mercy which lends itself to those willing to turn to it. —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • A mind optimized for dark water and gliding menace isn't made for the politics of catastrophic theophany. —  jlake.com
  • And then comes the ringing testimony of the Prophet of this dispensation that in a wondrous theophany he saw and was spoken to by the Almighty Father and the Risen Son. —  Latest Articles
  • He reaches no true mediation, no true union of God and man, for he makes the incarnation a mere theophany, the flesh a useless burden, to be one day laid aside. —  The Arian Controversy
  • Is it credible that he would not have made mention of a revelation or a theophany, had either fallen to his lot? —  The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour
 

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  1. Medieval Latin theophania, from Late Greek theophaneia : Greek theo-, theo- + Greek phainein, phan-, to show; see bhā-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Old French theophanie, theophaine, thiphanie, thiphaine, French théophanie = Old Italian theofania, tcofania = German theophanie, from Middle Latin theophania, theofania, from Greek θεοφάνεια, θεοφάνια, from θεός, god, + φαίνεσθαι, appear.
 

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