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Revelation Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0
    revelation n
  1. the speech act of making something evident [syn: disclosure, revealing]
  2. an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
  3. communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency
  4. the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the apostle [syn: Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation]
Revelation Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
    Revelation \Rev`e*la"tion\, n. [F. r['e]v['e]lation, L. revelatio. See Reveal.]
  1. The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.
  2. That which is revealed.
  3. (Theol.) (a) The act of revealing divine truth. (b) That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible. By revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in few words. --Eph. iii. 3.
  4. Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse.
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Wikipedia Meaning and Definition on 'Revelation'


In religion and theology, revelation is the revealing or disclosing, through active or passive communication with supernatural entities. Some religions have religious texts which they view as divinely or supernaturally revealed or inspired.

Some people hold that God can communicate with man in a way that gives direct, propositional content: This is termed verbal revelation. Orthodox Judaism and traditional Christianity hold that the first five books of Moses were dictated by God in such a fashion.

The Aristotelian scholastic philosophers of the medieval era held that revelation was the discovery of absolute truths about God, man, and man's place in God's universe, as discovered through logical philosophical inquiry. A prophet's connection to God was held to be the only way that a person could reach such a state of pure reason.

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* Agent Smith I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area, and you multiply, and multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet, you are a plague, and we are the cure. - Matrix, The

* Music is a higher revelation than philosophy. - Ludwig van Beethoven

* The true God is the unknown God to the natural man and also the unknowable God without His revelation in Christ. God is not only invisible to man's sight , but also to man's senses. In Christ is found a God who is near, who hears, who cares, who loves, and who saves. 'For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ' (2 Cor. 46) 'All things are delievered unto me of my Father and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father neither knoweth any man the Father, save the son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him' (Matt. 1127). - Eugene Reuweler


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  • Dealpolitik: Facebook Revelation Could Lead to IPO Rule Overhaul - Wall Street Journal
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  • A Mutual Benefit from China’s Private Link to Treasury Auctions - New York Times
    WASHINGTON — The revelation that China is the sole country that can bid on and buy debt directly from the United States Treasury, rather than through a financial intermediary, has raised concerns that the Obama administration is giving a ... Read more on this news related to 'Revelation'

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