Epiphany vs. Revelation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Epiphany and Revelation
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Epiphany
The manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi (Matthew 2:1–12).
Revelation
In religion and theology, revelation is the revealing or disclosing of some form of truth or knowledge through communication with a deity or other supernatural entity or entities.
Epiphany
A moment of sudden and great revelation or realization.
Revelation
The act of revealing or disclosing.
Epiphany
Epiphany A Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi, traditionally observed on January 6.
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Revelation
Something revealed, especially a dramatic disclosure of something not previously known or realized.
Epiphany
A revelatory manifestation of a divine being.
Revelation
A sudden insight or idea
"I'd had the idea to dig up Dad's coffin ... I was lying in bed and I had the revelation, like a simple solution to an impossible problem" (Jonathan Safran Foer).
Epiphany
A sudden insight or intuitive understanding
"He had a painful epiphany about the absurdity of the job and quit" (Aleksandar Hemon).
Revelation
(Theology) A manifestation of divine will or truth.
Epiphany
An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.
It came to her in an epiphany what her life's work was to be.
Revelation
Revelation See Table at Bible.
Epiphany
A manifestation or appearance of a divine or superhuman being.
Revelation
The act of revealing or disclosing.
Epiphany
(Christianity) Epiphany.
Revelation
Something that is revealed.
Epiphany
An appearance, or a becoming manifest.
Whom but just before they beheld transfigured and in a glorious epiphany upon the mount.
An epic poet, if ever such a difficult birth should make its epiphany in Paris.
Revelation
Something dramatically disclosed.
Epiphany
A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.
Revelation
(theology) A manifestation of divine truth.
Epiphany
A divine manifestation
Revelation
Something that turns out to be a great success.
Epiphany
Twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
Revelation
The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.
Revelation
That which is revealed.
Revelation
The act of revealing divine truth.
By revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in few words.
Revelation
Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse or Book of Revelation or The Revelation of Saint John.
Revelation
The speech act of making something evident
Revelation
An enlightening or astonishing disclosure
Revelation
Communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency
Revelation
The last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the apostle
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