Hypertext Webster Gateway: "revelation"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Revelation
an uncovering, a bringing to light of that which had been
previously wholly hidden or only obscurely seen. God has been
pleased in various ways and at different times (Heb. 1:1) to
make a supernatural revelation of himself and his purposes and
plans, which, under the guidance of his Spirit, has been
committed to writing. (See WORD OF {GOD}.) The
Scriptures are not merely the "record" of revelation; they are
the revelation itself in a written form, in order to the
accurate presevation and propagation of the truth.
Revelation and inspiration differ. Revelation is the
supernatural communication of truth to the mind; inspiration
(q.v.) secures to the teacher or writer infallibility in
communicating that truth to others. It renders its subject the
spokesman or prophet of God in such a sense that everything he
asserts to be true, whether fact or doctrine or moral principle,
is true, infallibly true.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Revelation \Rev`e*la"tion\, n. [F. r['e]v['e]lation, L.
revelatio. See {Reveal}.]
1. The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others
what was before unknown to them.
2. That which is revealed.
3. (Theol.)
(a) The act of revealing divine truth.
(b) That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible.
By revelation he made known unto me the mystery,
as I wrote afore in few words. --Eph. iii. 3.
4. Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon,
containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
revelation
n 1: making something evident [syn: {disclosure}, {revealing}]
2: an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
3: revelations of Saint John the Divine in the New Testament
[syn: {Revelation}, {Apocalypse}]
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