Divine inspiration

Divine inspiration

Divine inspiration may refer to:

  • Revelation
  • Biblical inspiration, inspiration from the Christian bible to those of the Christian faith
  • The ancient Greek Muses were said to be supernatural forces of inspiration on par with fate or the gods
  • Epiphany (feeling), the sudden realization or comprehension of the essence or meaning of something
  • Theophany, an appearance of a deity to man
  • Hierophany, a manifestation of the sacred
  • Divine Inspiration, a British musical group, rock active in 2003

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  • Divine Inspiration — For other uses, see Divine inspiration. Divine Inspiration Genres Dance Years active 2002 present Labels ID T Records, Heat Records Website …   Wikipedia

  • divine inspiration — inspiration that comes from God …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Inspiration of the Bible — • Covered in four sections, I. Belief in Inspired books; II. Nature of Inspiration; III. Extent of Inspiration; IV. Protestant Views on the Inspiration of the Bible Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Inspiration of the Bible      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Inspiration of Ellen G. White — This article is about the nature of Ellen White s inspiration. For her biography and heritage, see Ellen G. White. Part of a series on Seventh day Adventism …   Wikipedia

  • inspiration of the Bible —    Most Protestants affirm that the Bible is authoritative in religious matters and not a book like any other, but they differ as to its nature and the manner in which it was inspired. The most popular traditional Protestant approach is to… …   Encyclopedia of Protestantism

  • inspiration — n. 1) to give, offer, provide inspiration 2) to derive, draw inspiration from 3) divine inspiration 4) inspiration comes (from many sources) 5) a flash, spark of inspiration 6) an inspiration for (what provided the inspiration for the statue?) 7) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • INSPIRATION — s. f. Action d inspirer quelqu un, de le conseiller, de lui suggérer quelque chose. C est par votre inspiration que j ai agi. L inspiration divine.   Il se dit aussi de La chose inspirée. Je vous dois cette inspiration. Il n écoute que les… …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • INSPIRATION OF THE SCRIPTURES —    According to one view the Scriptures are throughout verbally inspired, and every word in them dictated by the Spirit of God; according to another, though they are not verbally inspired, they contain a record of divine things written under… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • inspiration — in|spi|ra|tion [ˌınspıˈreıʃən] n [U and C] 1.) a good idea about what you should do, write, say etc, especially one which you get suddenly ▪ The Malvern Hills have provided inspiration for many artists and musicians over the decades. ▪ He raised… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • divine — [[t]dɪva͟ɪn[/t]] divines, divining, divined 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n You use divine to describe something that is provided by or relates to a god or goddess. He suggested that the civil war had been a divine punishment. ...divine inspiration. Derived… …   English dictionary

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