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[[Divinity]] and '''divine''' (sometimes 'the Divinity' or 'the Divine'), are broadly applied but loosely defined terms, used variously within different faiths and belief systems — and even by different individuals within a given [[faith]] — to refer to some [[transcendent]] or [[transcendental]] power, or its attributes or manifestations in the world. The root of the words is literally '[[Godlike]]' (from the Latin 'Deus,' cf. Dyaus, closely related to Greek '[[Zeus]]' and [[Deva]] in [[Sanskrit]]), but the use varies significantly depending on the underlying conception of god that is being invoked. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinity]
[[Divinity]] and '''divine''' (sometimes 'the Divinity' or 'the Divine'), are broadly applied but loosely defined terms, used variously within different faiths and belief systems — and even by different individuals within a given [[faith]] — to refer to some [[transcendent]] or [[transcendental]] power, or its attributes or manifestations in the world. The root of the words is literally '[[Godlike]]' (from the Latin 'Deus,' cf. Dyaus, closely related to Greek '[[Zeus]]' and [[Deva]] in [[Sanskrit]]), but the use varies significantly depending on the underlying conception of god that is being invoked. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinity]
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[[Deity]] is the source of all that which is divine. Deity is characteristically and invariably divine, but all that which is divine is not necessarily Deity, though it will be co-ordinated with Deity and will tend towards some phase of unity with Deity--[[spiritual]], [[mindal]], or personal.[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=175#mfs]
[[Deity]] is the source of all that which is divine. Deity is characteristically and invariably divine, but all that which is divine is not necessarily Deity, though it will be co-ordinated with Deity and will tend towards some phase of unity with Deity--[[spiritual]], [[mind]]al, or personal.[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=175#mfs]
