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Word of God
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A. Biblical

The primal human sense of the importance of the word can already be seen among the primitive peoples, where the word has magical powers and can be used to put compulsion on the gods. But there is another perspective, in which the word appears as the power of a godhead, which explains its presence in the theogonies of ancient Egypt and the cosmogonies of Babylon (creation epic). But here too the word is s…

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Leo Scheffcɀyk, “Word of God”, in: Sacramentum Mundi Online, General Editor Karl Rahner, SJ. Consulted online on 11 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-483X_smuo_COM_004720>
First published online: 2016



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