Meaning of revealed religion | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The type of religion which relies on communication originating directly from a divine being (as reported by prophets, mystics, disciples, etc.) to establish what religious beliefs are authoritative and acceptable.
   uncountable
2. A particular system of religious beliefs based on such communication from a divine being.
   countable

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Examples

“I am in no wise anxious to weaken the antithesis between natural and revealed religion. Science may help⟳ the former, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the latter.”

“I avowed outright my entire disbelief in the whole scheme of revealed religion.”

“The pope praised Cardinal Newman . . . for “his insights into the relationship between faith and reason⟳, into the vital place⟳ of revealed religion in a civilized society.””

“Cicero . . . destroyed the whole revealed religion of the Greeks and Romans (for why should not theirs be a revealed religion as well as that of Christ?)”

“"The more I study⟳ these objections, the less able I am to see⟳ how they come⟳ in conflict with belief in Christianity as a revealed religion."”

“But very few of the world's real thinkers believe⟳ in revealed religions any more—they have⟳ come⟳ to see⟳ them simply as guesses of humanity at God's great sacred mystery.”

“[T]he fount of Islamic energy . . . : the desire to protect⟳ the purity of the Islamic faith and to vindicate its claim⟳ to be the final revealed religion on earth.”

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