theophany

IPA: θiʌfeɪni

A manifestation of a deity to a person.
One of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church, commemorating the revelation of Jesus' divinity, especially in his baptism by John the Baptist.

Examples of "theophany" in Sentences

So why does the 'theophany' mention the things it does?
His appearance on horse-back is a kind of theophany, cowboys doing him homage with a reverential gesture:
This is what theologians call a theophany—a temporary vision of God given to his people for the purpose of encouragement.
In fact, the so-called theophany doesn't reveal anything that is not accessible to natural theology and a Wisdom perspective.
United together in anticipation of the gift promised by the Lord, the apostles and disciples experienced a theophany, or visitation by God.
When I first learned of that correlation in college, I at once associated the idea of theophany with that of vocation and that of baptism with both.
The message of the first part of the 'theophany' could be summarized as follows: "If you think you can organize a world better than I have, go ahead!"
The 'theophany' thus shows from nature that our claims to understand it all including the sufferings of any given human individual are arrogant and misguided.
As I said in a post about Job which appeared here a couple of years ago, I think that the genre of this book, as Wisdom literature, is crucial to interpreting the "theophany" presented at the end.