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Thus, The light shineth in darkness: for the Word of God, the life and the light of men, ceaseth not to shine in our nature; though regarded in itself, that nature is without form and darkness. And forasmuch as pure light cannot be comprehended by any creature, hence the text: The darkness comprehended it not." [8]
In some Jewish interpretations, the light created here is a primordial light, different in nature from (and brighter than) that associated with the sun. [11] The light has also been interpreted metaphorically, [ 12 ] and has been connected to Psalm 104 (a "poem of creation" [ 13 ] ), where God is described as wrapping himself in light.
The Fallen Angel (1847) by Alexandre Cabanel. The most common meaning for Lucifer in English is as a name for the Devil in Christian theology.He appeared in the King James Version of the Bible in Isaiah [1] and before that in the Vulgate (the late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible), [2] not as the name of a devil but as the Latin word lucifer (uncapitalized), [3] [4] meaning "the ...
Augustine: "What Light it is to which John bears witness, he shows himself, saying, That was the true Light." [3]Chrysostom: "Or thus; Having said above that John had come, and was sent, to bear witness of the Light, lest any from the recent coming of the witness, should infer the same of Him who is witnessed to, the Evangelist takes us back to that existence which is beyond all beginning ...
light and law: Motto of the Franklin & Marshall College and the University of North Dakota: lux et veritas: light and truth: A translation of the Hebrew Urim and Thummim. Motto of several institutions, including Yale University. lux ex tenebris: light from darkness: Motto of the 67th Network Warfare Wing: lux hominum vita: light the life of man
The Bible teaches the nature of valid arguments, the nature and power of language, and its relation to reality. [77] According to Mittleman, the Bible provides patterns of moral reasoning that focus on conduct and character. [85] [86] In the biblical metaphysic, humans have free will, but it is a relative and restricted freedom. [87]
"Let there be light" is an English translation of the Hebrew יְהִי אוֹר (yehi 'or) found in Genesis 1:3 of the Torah, the first part of the Hebrew Bible. In Old Testament translations of the phrase, translations include the Greek phrase γενηθήτω φῶς ( genēthḗtō phôs ) and the Latin phrases fiat lux and lux sit .
Effect of light from the rose window in Bari Cathedral, recurring in religious architecture to metaphorically allude to the spiritual light. [1]In theology, divine light (also called divine radiance or divine refulgence) is an aspect of divine presence perceived as light during a theophany or vision, or represented as such in allegory or metaphor.