“...[sacred] doctrine is especially based upon arguments from authority, inasmuch as its principles are obtained by revelation: thus we ought to believe on the authority of those to whom the revelation has been made. Nor does this take away from the dignity of this doctrine, for although the argument from authority based on human reason is the weakest, yet the argument from authority based on divine revelation is the strongest.” BelieveHumansDoeHas BeensMadeReasonChristianPrinciplesDivineOughtAuthorityArgumentDignitySacredDoctrineRevelationsOrthodoxStrongestHuman ReasonDivine Revelation Book:The Summa Theologica: Complete Edition Source: The Summa Theologica: Complete Edition
“Sacred Scripture, since it has no science above itself, can dispute with one who denies its principles only if the opponent admits some at least of the truths obtained through divine revelation; thus we can argue with heretics from texts in Holy Writ, and against those who deny one article of faith we can argue from another. If our opponent believes nothing of divine revelation, there is no longer any means of proving the articles of faith by reasoning, but only of answering his objections - if he has any - against faith.” IfsBelieveMeanChristianPrinciplesDivineHolyProveSacredDenyArguingScriptureOpponentsReasoningRevelationsOrthodoxArticlesDisputesObjectionsHereticDivine RevelationSacred Scripture Book:On Faith and Reason Source: On Faith and Reason
“It is incumbent upon the Aghsan, the Afnan and My kindred to turn, one and all, their faces towards the Most Mighty Branch. Consider that which We have revealed in Our Most Holy Book: 'When the ocean of My presence hath ebbed and the Book of My Revelation is ended, turn your faces toward Him Whom God hath purposed, Who hath branched from this Ancient Root.' The object of this sacred verse is none other except the Most Mighty Branch (Abdu'l-Baha). Thus have We graciously revealed unto you our potent Will, and I am verily the Gracious, the All-Powerful.” BookFacesTurnsPowerfulObjectsHolyOceanRootsSacredAncientBranchesRevelationsYour FaceVersesGraciousKindredIncumbentsHoly BooksBaha Author:Bahá'u'lláh
“When the sacred manifests itself in any hierophany, there is not only a break in the homogeneity of space; there is also a revelation of an absolute reality, opposed to the nonreality of the vast surrounding expanse. The manifestation of the sacred ontologically founds the world. In the homogenous and infinite expanse, in which no point of reference is possible and hence no orientation can be established, the hierophany reveals an absolute fixed point, a center.” WorldRealityFoundSpaceBreakAbsolutesInfiniteSacredFixedManifestationRevelationsNo PointOrientationExpanseHomogeneity Author:Mircea Eliade
“Receiving personal revelation is not a passive process. As we seek such revelations, we must prepare for these sacred experiences.” ProcessSacredRevelationsReceivingPassivePersonal Revelation Author:L. Lionel Kendrick
“When the Constitution of the United States was framed and adopted, those high contracting parties did positively agree that they would not interfere with religious affairs. Now, if our marital relations are not religious, what is? This ordinance of marriage was a direct revelation to us, through Joseph Smith, the prophet. . . . This is a revelation from God and a command to his people, and therefore it is my religion. I do not believe that the Supreme Court of the United States has any right to interfere with my religious views, and in doing it they are violating their most sacred obligations.” PeopleIfsBelieveStatesReligiousUnitedViewsPartyUnited StatesDirectConstitutionRelationAgreeSacredCourtAffairSupremeObligationCommandProphetRevelationsInterfereSupreme CourtAdoptedPositivelyFramedOrdinancesConstitution Of The United StatesJoseph SmithContractingReligious Views Author:John Taylor
“In [family snapshots] the flow of profane time has been stopped and a sacred interval of self-conscious revelation has been cut from it by the edge of the picture frame and the light of the sun or the flash.” Has BeensSelfLightSunCuttingConsciousFlowSacredEdgesRevelationsFlashSelf ConsciousIntervalsProfaneSnapshotsPicture Frames Author:Adrienne Rich
“In the acquisition of Sacred knowledge, scholarship and reason are not alternatives to revelation. They are a means to an end, and the end is revelation from God.” MeanEndsReasonSacredAlternativesRevelationsScholarshipAcquisitionMeans To An End Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“The image I have sketched views Jesus differently: rather than being the exclusive revelation of God, he is one of many mediators of the sacred.” JesusViewsSacredRevelationsExclusiveMediators Author:Marcus Borg
“I reverence the Constitution of the United States as a sacred document. To me its words are akin to the revelations of God, for God has placed his stamp of approval on the Constitution of this land.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesLandConstitutionSacredRevelationsReverenceApprovalDocumentsStampsConstitution Of The United States Book:The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson Source: The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson
“To have humility is to experience reality, not in relation to ourselves, but in its sacred independence. It is to see, judge, and act from the point of rest in ourselves. Then, how much disappears, and all that remains falls into place. In the point of rest at the center of our being, we encounter a world where all things are at rest in the same way. Then a tree becomes a mystery, a cloud a revelation, each man a cosmos of whose riches we can only catch glimpses. The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable.” MenWorldWayFirstsBookRealityFallSimpleMysteryTreeHumilityJudgingAll ThingsRelationIndependenceRemainsSacredSimplicityCloudsDisappearRichesEncountersRevelationsCosmosGlimpseSyllablesFall Into PlaceAll That Remains Author:Dag Hammarskjold
“Prophecy and history predict and record a great and universal apostasy which was to be followed by a restoration as predicted by John in Revelation. The fact of the great apostasy is attested by both sacred and secular writ, and history bears witness that it became universal. We proclaim this fact of history not as an attack on any church. We do not assume any position of "holier than thou" or "wiser than thou," but we announce this historic fact of the apostasy as a vindication of the claim that there has been in fact a restoration of the gospel.” Has BeensFactsChurchRecordsPositionBearsUniversalClaimsSacredAssumingHistoricalWitnessRevelationsSecularWiserProphecyHistoricRestorationVindicationApostasyHolier Than Thou Author:Hugh B. Brown
“To talk of comparing the Bible with other "sacred books" so called, such as the Koran...or the book of Mormon, is positively absurd. You might as well compare the sun with a rushlight, or Skiddaw with a molehill, or St. Paul's with an Irish hovel, or the Portland vase with a garden pot, or the Kohinoor diamond with a bit of glass. God seems to have allowed the existence of these pretended revelations, in order to prove the immeasurable superiority of His own Word.” WellsBookSeemsMightOrderBitsExistenceSunProveBibleGardenSacredGlassesAbsurdCompareRevelationsPotDiamondSuperiorityPositivelyVasesPortland Author:J. C. Ryle
“If all things were made through Him, clearly so must the splendid revelations have been which were made to the fathers and prophets, and became to them the symbols of the sacred mysteries of religion.” IfsHas BeensMadeFatherMysteryAll ThingsSacredSymbolsProphetRevelationsSplendid Author:Origen