Messiah

Messiah

A messiah is a savior or liberator of a people in the Jewish, Christian, Islamic or other religions.

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Famous quotes containing the word messiah:

    “The Old Testament teems with prophecies of the Messiah, but nowhere is it intimated that that Messiah is to stand as a God to be worshipped. He is to bring peace on earth, to build up the waste places—to comfort the broken-hearted, but nowhere is he spoken of as a deity.”
    —Olympia Brown (1835–1900)

    “If another Messiah was born he could hardly do so much good as the printing-press.”
    —G.C. (Georg Christoph)

    “I take such men to be inspired. I fancy that this moment Shakespeare in heaven ranks with Gabriel Raphael and Michael. And if another Messiah ever comes twill be in Shakespeare’s person.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)