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Look up Supreme Being in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Supreme Being, higher being, and higher power are terms for philosophical conceptions of God.[1] The terms are used by theologists and philosophers of many religious faiths, including Judaism, Christianity,[2] Islam,[3] Hinduism,[4] and deism.[5]
Contents
- 1 Use of the term
- 1.1 Christianity
- 1.2 Deism
- 1.3 Hinduism
- 1.4 Islam
- 1.5 Sikhism
- 1.6 Yoruba religion
- 2 See also
- 3 References
Use of the term
Christianity
See also: God in Christianity
In Christian theology, the term Supreme Being is used to refer to God.[6] Although God is mostly reserved for God the Father in the New Testament, Supreme Being can be used to refer to Jesus Christ or the Christian Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.[7]
Deism
Festival of the Supreme Being, 8 June 1794 Paris
Deists use the term Supreme Being to refer to the Godly. Following the French Revolution, the Cult of the Supreme Being was intended to become the state religion of the new French Republic.[8]
Hinduism
Main article: Ishvara
In Hinduism the ultimate truth is called Para Brahman. And that Supreme truth is manifested as Vishnu and Shiva. In the Vaishnavite traditions of Hinduism, the term is applied to Vishnu/Krishna.[9][10] In the Shaiva tradition of Hinduism, Shiva is referred to as the "Supreme Being".[11]
Islam
Islamic scholars have used the term Supreme Being to refer to Allah, Arabic for "The God".[12]
Sikhism
The holy scripture of the Sikhs, Guru Granth Sahib, uses terms that are sometimes translated as "Supreme Being".[citation needed] Sikhs personally use Waheguru, or the term Ik Onkar, meaning "One God."
Yoruba religion
In the Yoruba religion the term "Supreme Being" is used in reference to Olorun, one of the three manifestations of the Supreme God in the Yoruba pantheon.[13] In Yoruba cosmology, Olorun is the Supreme Being whose supremacy is absolute.[14]
See also
- Absolute (philosophy)
- Conceptions of God
- Creator god
- Cult of the Supreme Being
- Demiurge
- Existence of God
- God the Father
- God
- Great Mother
- Names of God
References
- ^ definition according to Miriam-Webster on line dictionary.
- ^ http://www.actsweb.org/articles/article.php?i=1431&d=2&c=2 and http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/dogmatics/baroudy_god_supreme_being.htm
- ^ Revelation – Sacred Theology
- ^ The Hindu Online edition of India's National Newspaper, Monday, Sep 22, 2003
- ^ website showing usage by Deists during the French Revolution.
- ^ God – the Supreme Being
- ^ The Sense of a Supreme Being
- ^ Neely, p. 212: "(T)he Convention authorized the creation of a civic religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being. On May 7, Robespierre introduced the legislation...."
- ^ Delmonico, N. (2004). "The History Of Indic Monotheism And Modern Chaitanya Vaishnavism". The Hare Krishna Movement: the Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant. ISBN 978-0-231-12256-6. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ^ Elkman, S.M.; Gosvami, J. (1986). Jiva Gosvamin's Tattvasandarbha: A Study on the Philosophical and Sectarian Development of the Gaudiya Vaisnava Movement. Motilal Banarsidass Pub.
- ^ Maha Shirvratri website, About Lord Shiva
- ^ Allah, al-llah
- ^ God – Olorun
- ^ The Yoruba Religious System
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