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Christophany

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Chris`toph´a`ny
n.1.An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion.

Christophany
one or all of Christ’s appearances to men after the resurrection, as recorded in the Gospels.
See also: Christ


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In Christophany Panikkar rotates his wonderful command of languages to help us see and hear all the facets and beautiful colors.
The more likely alternative, as Seyoon Kim points out, is to attribute Paul's conversion solely to the Damascus Christophany.
And at last, when Jim reappears before his accusers strangely illuminated against the wall "as if evolved from air;/As if always he had stood there," the changed expression in his face and the gentleness of his voice signals a startling Christophany (lines 679-80).
 
 
 
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