{"id":26706,"date":"2017-01-06T06:05:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T11:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?p=26706"},"modified":"2017-01-05T20:02:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T01:02:03","slug":"have-an-epiphany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2017\/01\/have-an-epiphany\/","title":{"rendered":"Have an Epiphany!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><blockquote>\n<div class=\"title-block\">\n<h2>Definition of <i>epiphany<\/i><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card-primary-content\">\n<ol class=\"definition-list\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"definition-inner-item with-sense\"><em>capitalized<\/em> <span class=\"intro-colon\">:<\/span>\u00a0 January 6 observed as a church festival in commemoration of the coming of the <a class=\"d_link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/magus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Magi<\/a> as the first manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles or in the Eastern Church in commemoration of the baptism of Christ<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"definition-inner-item with-sense\">\u00a0an appearance or manifestation especially of a divine being<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"definition-inner-item with-sense\">\u00a0\u00a0<em class=\"sub sense num\">(1)<\/em> <span class=\"intro-colon\">:<\/span>\u00a0 a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the <a class=\"d_link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/essential%5B1%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">essential<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"premium-content\"> nature or meaning of something <em class=\"sub sense num\">(2)<\/em> <span class=\"intro-colon\">:<\/span>\u00a0 an intuitive grasp of reality through something (as an event) usually simple and striking <em class=\"sub sense num\">(3)<\/em> <span class=\"intro-colon\">:<\/span>\u00a0 an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure \u00a0<em class=\"sub sense alp\">b<\/em> <span class=\"intro-colon\">:<\/span>\u00a0 a revealing scene or moment\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/epiphany\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Epiphany | Definition of Epiphany by Merriam-Webster<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>All of these meanings apply to today and to the new season of the church year that we are entering!<\/p><\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Definition of epiphany capitalized :\u00a0 January 6 observed as a church festival in commemoration of the coming of the Magi as the first manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles or in the Eastern Church in commemoration of the baptism of Christ \u00a0an appearance or manifestation especially of a divine being \u00a0\u00a0(1) :\u00a0 a usually sudden [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,21],"tags":[762],"class_list":["post-26706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christ","category-holidays","tag-epiphany"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - 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