Prophecy vs Epiphany - What's the difference?
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A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.
* 1967 , George King, The Five Temples Of God , The Aetherius Society (2014 edition),
* Marjorie Garber, “ ” (Quotation Marks)'' in 2001 , S.I. Salamensky, ''Talk, Talk, Talk: The Cultural Life of Everyday Conversation , Routledge,
* 2013 , Theodor Adorno, The Jargon of Authenticity , Routledge,
* 2014 , Emran El-Badawi, The Qur'an and the Aramaic Gospel Traditions , Routledge,
A manifestation or appearance of a divine or superhuman being.
An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.
(Christianity) Season or time of the Christian church year from the Epiphany feast day to Mardi Gras (Shrove Tuesday), the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent (See Epiphany).
As nouns the difference between prophecy and epiphany
is that prophecy is a prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration while epiphany is a manifestation or appearance of a divine or superhuman being.As a verb prophecy
is dated form of lang=en.prophecy
English
(wikipedia prophecy)Noun
(prophecies)- French writer Nostradamus made a prophecy in his book .
Derived terms
* self-fulfilling prophecy * self-defeating prophecyVerb
(en-verb)page 19:
- The manipulation of these tremendous beneficient energies helped the world so well that the vast majority of these prophecied catastrophies did not happen.
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- One prophecied a change of fortunes for the club:
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- The Heideggerian tone of voice is indeed prophecied in Schiller’s discussion of dignity.
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- the parable in Mark 12:1—5 where some of Jesus’s followers who prophecied and were martyred in Antioch (Q 36;13—25; cf. 11:91);