Revelation

Revelation

In religion and theology, revelation is the revealing or disclosing of some form of truth or knowledge through supposed communication with a deity or other supernatural entity or entities.

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Famous quotes containing the word revelation:

    One revelation has been made to the Indian, another to the white man.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.
    —Bible: New Testament Revelation 1:19.

    Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
    Denis Diderot (1713–1784)