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1Supernatural Order — • The ensemble of effects exceeding the powers of the created universe and gratuitously produced by God for the purpose of raising the rational creature above its native sphere to a God like life and destiny Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …
2supernatural — supernatural, supranatural, preternatural, miraculous, superhuman are overlapping rather than strictly synonymous terms whose meanings all involve a contrast with what is natural or, sometimes, normal or predictable. All, with the possible… …
3causal agency — noun any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results • Syn: ↑causal agent, ↑cause • Derivationally related forms: ↑causal (for: ↑cause), ↑cause (for: ↑ …
4Religion — • The voluntary subjection of oneself to God Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Religion Religion † …
5Miracle — • In general, a wonderful thing, the word being so used in classical Latin; in a specific sense, the Latin Vulgate designates by miracula wonders of a peculiar kind, expressed more clearly in the Greek text by the terms terata, dynameis, semeia,… …
6rite of passage — 1. Anthropol. a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person s change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan. 2. any important act or event that serves… …
7Spiritualism — Not to be confused with Spirituality. This article is about the religion. For other uses of spiritualism, see Spiritualism (disambiguation). By 1853, when the popular song Spirit Rappings was published, Spiritualism was an object of intense… …
8The Rime of the Ancient Mariner — (original: The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge written in 1797–1798 and published in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads (1798). The modern editions use a later revised version… …
9Supernaturalism — Su per*nat u*ral*ism, n. 1. The quality or state of being supernatural; supernaturalness. [1913 Webster] 2. (Theol.) The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency in the production of the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in… …
10supranaturalism — Supernaturalism Su per*nat u*ral*ism, n. 1. The quality or state of being supernatural; supernaturalness. [1913 Webster] 2. (Theol.) The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency in the production of the miracles and revelations recorded in… …
