Difference between revisions of "Divinity"
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'''divinity''' (countable and uncountable; plural divinities) | '''divinity''' (countable and uncountable; plural divinities) | ||
− | *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. |
[http://www.hds.harvard.edu Harvard Divinity School] has been teaching theology since 1636. | [http://www.hds.harvard.edu Harvard Divinity School] has been teaching theology since 1636. | ||
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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. |
− | 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]]. |
− | 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. |
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: |
Revision as of 20:06, 17 April 2009
divinity (countable and uncountable; plural divinities)
- 1. (uncountable) The property of being divine, of being like a god or God.
- 2. (countable) A deity (a god, goddess or God).
- 3. (uncountable) The study of religion or religions.
Harvard Divinity School has been teaching theology since 1636.
Etymology
Latin divinitas [1]
Divinity is the characteristic, unifying, and co-ordinating quality of Deity.
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 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.
When we attempt to conceive of perfection in all phases and forms of relativity, we encounter seven conceivable types:
- 1. Absolute perfection in all aspects.
- 2. Absolute perfection in some phases and relative perfection in all other aspects.
- 3. Absolute, relative, and imperfect aspects in varied association.
- 4. Absolute perfection in some respects, imperfection in all others.
- 5. Absolute perfection in no direction, relative perfection in all manifestations.
- 6. Absolute perfection in no phase, relative in some, imperfect in others.
- 7. Absolute perfection in no attribute, imperfection in all. [2]