Epiphany
- Epiphany
The word means a manifestation or ‘revelation’ and is similar to ‘theophany’ or revelation of the divine. There are several instances of this in the
OT, notably God's revelation to Moses at the Burning Bush (
Exod. 3:2). For Christians the supreme manifestation of God was in the
incarnation and two
feasts have commemorated it in the calendars of Western and Eastern Christendom.
From the middle of the 5th cent.
CE the Church at
Rome commemorated the revelation of Christ to the
Gentiles as signified by the visit to the infant Jesus of the
Magi [[➝ magi]] (
Matt. 2:11) on 6 January. And from Rome this observance spread in the West, with
Christmas Day on 25 December for the
birth of Jesus, established not later than 336.
It was not always so. From the 3rd cent. in the East the Epiphany on 6 January had commemorated not only the birth, including the visit of the Magi, but also the
baptism of Jesus and even his first
miracle [[➝ miracles]] at
Cana (
John 2:1–11). By the end of the 4th cent. Epiphany concentrated on the baptism of Jesus, while 25 December was borrowed from the West for Jesus' birth.
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Epiphany — may refer to:* Epiphany (holiday), a Christian holiday on January 6 celebrating the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus * Epiphany (feeling), the sudden realization or comprehension of the essence or meaning of something * Theophany, an… … Wikipedia
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Epiphany — • The feast was called among the Syrians denho (up going), a name to be connected with the notion of rising light expressed in Luke. I, 78 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Epiphany Epiphany … Catholic encyclopedia
Epiphany — E*piph a*ny, n. [F. [ e]piphanie, L. epiphania, Gr. epifa nia (sc. ?), for epifa neia appearance, fr. epifai nein to show forth; epi + fai nein to show. See {Fancy}.] 1. An appearance, or a becoming manifest. [1913 Webster] Whom but just before… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
epiphany — ► NOUN (pl. epiphanies) 1) (Epiphany) the manifestation of Christ to the Magi (Gospel of Matthew, chapter 2). 2) (Epiphany) the festival commemorating this, on 6 January. 3) a moment of sudden and great revelation. DERIVATIVES epiphanic … English terms dictionary
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epiphany — early 14c., festival of the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles (celebrated Jan. 6; usually with a capital E ), from O.Fr. epiphanie, from L.L. epiphania, neuter plural (taken as feminine singular), from late Gk. epiphaneia manifestation,… … Etymology dictionary
Epiphany — [ē pif′ə nē, ipif′ə nē] n. pl. Epiphanies [ME & OFr epiphanie < LL(Ec) epiphania < Gr(Ec) epiphaneia, appearance < epiphainein, to show forth, manifest < epi , upon + phainein, to show: see FANTASY] 1. [e ] an appearance or… … English World dictionary
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