theophany

the·oph·a·ny

(thē-ŏf′ə-nē)

n. pl. the·oph·a·nies

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

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

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theophany

(θɪˈɒfənɪ)

n, pl -nies

(Theology) theol a manifestation of a deity to man in a form that, though visible, is not necessarily material

[C17: from Late Latin theophania, from Late Greek theophaneia, from theo- + phainein to show]

theophanic, theˈophanous adj

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theophany

a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to man. — theophanic, theophanous, adj.

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The deusrevelatus is a particular focus of attention in the "Heidelberg Theses." Rom 1:19-25, 1 Cor 1:17-31, and the theophany recorded in Exod 33:18-23 clearly inform Luther's striking assertions.

"No salvation outside the church" in light of Luther's dialectic of the hidden and revealed God

fails to distinguish between the physical repercussions of a theophany and the theophany itself.

The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel

* At Horeb/Sinai each stands in the presence of God and receives a theophany (ibid).

Elijah and Elisha: Part I Moses and Joshua

Such a sense of inadequacy is exactly what Job must have felt with this theophany. Hence his contrition, his humility.

Job, or the suffering of God

According to accounts, he experienced a theophany and saw God the Father and God the Son while on trial and being persecuted for standing by his faith.

Feast of St. Stephen

Nonetheless the interconnectedness of past and present, and of self and other, imperfect as it is, provides the ground for the possibility of the unexpected theophany of deus absconditus.

"Where is your God?" Theophany and The Angel of History

Moreover, it is shown that for Eriugena all of reality, as theophany, possesses this character of (un)concealing its fundamental truth.

American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly vol. 79, no. 4, Fall 2005

(59) </pre> <p>In sharp contrast is this terrifying theophany, reminiscent of Krishna's revelation of his universal form in the Bhagavad Gita: (4)</p> <pre> If I am God at all I am also Satan....

Olaf Stapledon: Utopia and worship *

So begins the Great Blessing of Waters for the Feast of the Theophany, celebrated on January 19 at the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, across the river from Ottawa.

Feast of Theophany

The confidence that the experience is truly a theophany is reinforced by the accounts provided by the sacred literature.

A matter of time: the Jew, Christian, and Muslim in conversation

Chapter 2, "Theophany as Light: A Background of Clement's Interpretation of the Day Abraham Was to See," examines Clement's affinities with Philo.

Gnosis, Theophany, Theosis: Studies in Clement of Alexandria's Appropriation of His Background

Gnuse, The Dream Theophany of Samuel: Its Structure in Relation to Ancient Near Eastern Dreams and Its Theological Significance (Lanham, Md., 1984), 57-59; Husser, Dreams and Dream Narratives, 96-99; and the still valid reservations of Oppenheim, Interpretation of Dreams, 185.