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  • noun Plural form of theophany.

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Examples

  • Father belongs by nature to the Second Person of the Trinity, and concluded that the theophanies were His work.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • Fire was a common element in Old Testament theophanies, such as the pillar of fire that led the Israelites through the desert (Ex 13: 21-22).

    Pentecost Sunday: The Church made manifest 2009

  • Fire was a common element in Old Testament theophanies, such as the pillar of fire that led the Israelites through the desert (Ex 13: 21-22).

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

  • Second, the narrative is a tightly structured one, and it has at three points (beginning, middle, and end) apocalyptic moments accompanied by theophanies (in the first two).

    Not All Atheists Are Mythicists James F. McGrath 2010

  • That God made use of man's need for such signs in his revelation to the people of the Old Covenant is clear in his singling out Mount Horeb and Mount Sinai for his theophanies to Moses, or from the Oaks of Mambre being sacred to Abraham, or the holy stone at Bethel being sacred to Jacob.

    Why do we need beautiful churches? de Brantigny........................ 2007

  • These three theophanies, or manifestations of the divinity of Christ are subtlety embodied within the liturgy for the feast of the Epiphany, which enlightens and deepens our prayer.

    Archive 2006-12-31 Terry Nelson 2007

  • These three theophanies, or manifestations of the divinity of Christ are subtlety embodied within the liturgy for the feast of the Epiphany, which enlightens and deepens our prayer.

    Feast of the Theophany Terry Nelson 2007

  • That God made use of man's need for such signs in his revelation to the people of the Old Covenant is clear in his singling out Mount Horeb and Mount Sinai for his theophanies to Moses, or from the Oaks of Mambre being sacred to Abraham, or the holy stone at Bethel being sacred to Jacob.

    Archive 2007-07-15 de Brantigny........................ 2007

  • The biographical and even impressionistic touches of his never confuse the reader nor make him/her lose track of the transcendence of the doctrine exposed, no more than the multiplicity of theophanies should make one forget the essential unity of the transpersonal Absolute.

    Introducing Jean Biès Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

  • It is as if the word described the inner 'resource' of God, that which grounds and informs God's substantial, objective presence, a presence which is fleetingly uncovered in theophanies in the Hebrew Scriptures but whose full manifestation in the world awaits the last days.

    Addresses given to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Archbishop Michael Ramsey: I. Theology in the Face of Christ 2004

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