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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:
