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| '''divinity''' (countable and uncountable; plural divinities) | | '''divinity''' (countable and uncountable; plural divinities) |
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− | *1. (uncountable) The property of being divine, of being like a god or God. | + | *1. (uncountable) The property of being [[divine]], of being like a god or [[God]]. |
− | *2. (countable) A deity (a god, goddess or God). | + | *2. (countable) A [[deity]] (a god, goddess or God). |
− | *3. (uncountable) The study of religion or religions. | + | *3. (uncountable) The study of [[religion]] or religions. |
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− | Harvard Divinity School[http://www.hds.harvard.edu] has been teaching theology since 1636.
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− | '''Etymology''' | + | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Divinity''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Divinity '''''this link'''''].</center> |
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− | Latin divinitas [http://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/Hymni/AeternaLux.html]
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− | '''Divinity''' is the characteristic, unifying, and co-ordinating quality of Deity. | + | '''Divinity''' is the characteristic, unifying, and co-ordinating [[quality]] of Deity. |
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− | Divinity is creature comprehensible as truth, beauty, and goodness; correlated in personality as love, mercy, and ministry; disclosed on impersonal levels as justice, power, and sovereignty. | + | Divinity is creature comprehensible as [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]]; correlated in [[personality]] as [[love]], [[mercy]], and ministry; disclosed on impersonal levels as [[justice]], [[power]], and [[sovereignty]]. |
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− | Divinity may be perfect--complete--as on existential and creator levels of Paradise perfection; it may be imperfect, as on experiential and creature levels of time-space evolution; or it may be relative, neither perfect nor imperfect, as on certain Havona levels of existential-experiential relationships. | + | Divinity may be perfect--complete--as on existential and creator levels of Paradise perfection; it may be imperfect, as on experiential and creature levels of [[spacetime|time-space]] evolution; or it may be [[relative]], neither perfect nor imperfect, as on certain [[Havona]] levels of existential-experiential relationships. |
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| When we attempt to conceive of perfection in all phases and forms of relativity, we encounter seven conceivable types: | | When we attempt to conceive of perfection in all phases and forms of relativity, we encounter seven conceivable types: |
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| *6. Absolute perfection in no phase, relative in some, imperfect in others. | | *6. Absolute perfection in no phase, relative in some, imperfect in others. |
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− | *7. Absolute perfection in no attribute, imperfection in all. [http://mercy.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/foreword.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/foreword.html&line=84#mfs] | + | *7. Absolute perfection in no attribute, imperfection in all. ([[0:1|0:1.18]]) |
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| + | '''''[[Divine]]''''' [[qualities]] are [[perfectly]] and [[absolutely]] [[unified]] in [[God]]. And every God-knowing [[man]] or angel [[possesses]] the [[potential]] of unlimited [[self]]-[[expression]] on ever-[[progressive]] [[levels]] of [[unified]] [[self-realization]] by the [[technique]] of the never-ending [[achievement]] of Godlikeness—the [[experiential]] blending in the [[evolutionary]] [[experience]] of [[eternal]] [[truth]], [[universal]] [[beauty]], and [[divine]] [[goodness]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=44:7] |
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