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Revelation
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1. The word ‘revelation’ (in Gk., apokalypsis; in Lat., revelatio) is a category of reflection and abstraction, belonging to theological ‘second-order discourse.’ It can denote either the occurrence, or the content of a manifestation of the divine, by which, not infrequently, it performs a function of legitimization. After all, anyone professing to have received a revelation claims to be able, and to have the right, to make authoritative pronouncements concerning God or other things of faith. In this for…

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Bernhardt, Reinhold, “Revelation”, in: The Brill Dictionary of Religion, Edited by Kocku von Stuckrad. Online abgerufen am 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1872-5287_bdr_SIM_00056>
Erste Online-Publikation: 2006
Erste Druckedition: ISBN: 9789004124332, 20051223



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