Editing Revelation (section)

==Revealed religion==
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'''Revealed religions''' have [[religious texts]] which they view as divinely or supernaturally revealed or inspired. For instance, [[Orthodox Jews]], [[Christians]], and [[Muslims]] believe that the ''[[Torah]]'' was received from [[God]] on [[biblical Mount Sinai]].<ref>Beale G.K., The Book of Revelation, NIGTC, Grand Rapids – Cambridge 1999. {{ISBN|0-8028-2174-X}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Esposito |first=John L. |title=What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2002 |pages=7–8 |oclc=49902111 |isbn=9780195157130}}</ref> Most Christians believe that both the [[Old Testament]] and the [[New Testament]] were [[Biblical inspiration|inspired]] by God. Muslims believe the [[Quran]] was revealed by God to [[Muhammad]] word by word through the angel [[Gabriel]] (''Jibril'').<ref name=Lambert>{{cite book|last1=Lambert|first1=Gray|title=The Leaders Are Coming!|date=2013|publisher=WestBow Press|isbn=9781449760137|page=287|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sV0mAgAAQBAJ&q=%22Muslims+believe+that+the+Quran+was+verbally+revealed%22&pg=PA287}}</ref><ref name="Williams & Drew">{{cite book|author1=Roy H. Williams|author2=Michael R. Drew|title=Pendulum: How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future|date=2012|publisher=Vanguard Press|isbn=9781593157067|page=143|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mygRHh6p40kC&q=%22Muslims+believe+that+the+Quran+was+verbally+revealed%22&pg=PA143}}</ref> In [[Hinduism]], the [[Vedas]] are considered ''[[apaurusheyatva|{{IAST|apauruṣeya}}]]'', "not human compositions", and are supposed to have been directly revealed, and thus are called ''[[śruti]]'', "what is heard". Hindus also consider the [[Bhagavad Gita]] to contain direct revelation from [[Krishna]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Barbara Stoler |url=https://archive.org/details/bhagavadgita0022cm |title=The Bhagavad Gītā : Krishna's counsel in time of war |last2=Moser |first2=Barry |date=1986 |publisher=New York : Columbia University Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-231-06468-2 |language=English}}</ref><ref name=srb>
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|title       = ادیان وحیانی، صفحه ۳۴ تا ۶۸
|trans-title = Revealed Religions, pages 34 to 39
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A revelation communicated by a supernatural entity reported as being present during the event is called a [[Vision (spirituality)|vision]]. Direct conversations between the recipient and the supernatural entity,<ref>Michael Freze, 1993, ''Voices, Visions, and Apparitions'', OSV Publishing {{ISBN|0-87973-454-X}} p. 252</ref> or physical marks such as [[stigmata]], have been reported. In rare cases, such as that of Saint [[Juan Diego]], physical artifacts accompany the revelation.<ref>Michael Freze, 1989 ''They Bore the Wounds of Christ'' {{ISBN|0-87973-422-1}}</ref> The [[Roman Catholic]] concept of [[interior locution]] includes just an inner voice heard by the recipient.<ref name=srb/>

In the [[Abrahamic religions]], the term is used to refer to the process by which [[God]] reveals knowledge of himself, his [[Will of God|will]], and his [[divine providence]] to the world of human beings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/revelation |title=Revelation &#124; Define Revelation at Dictionary.com |publisher=Dictionary.reference.com |access-date=2013-07-14}}</ref> In secondary usage, revelation refers to the resulting human knowledge about God, [[prophecy]], and other [[divinity|divine]] things. Revelation from a supernatural source plays a less important role in some other religious traditions such as [[Buddhism]], [[Confucianism]] and [[Taoism]].<ref name=srb/>

[[Quakers]], known formally as the Religious Society of Friends, are generally united by a belief in each human's ability to experience [[Inward light|the light within]] or see "that of God in every one."<ref>{{Cite book |title=George Fox's Journal |last=Fox |first=George |date=1903 |pages=215–216 |publisher=Isbister and Company Limited |url=https://archive.org/stream/georgefoxsjourn00nicogoog#page/n245 |quote=This is the word of the Lord God to you all, and a charge to you all in the presence of the living God; be patterns, be examples in all your countries, places, islands, nations, wherever you come; that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people and to them: then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every one; whereby in them ye may be a blessing, and make the witness of God in them to bless you: then to the Lord God you will be a sweet savour, and a blessing.}}</ref> Most Quakers believe in [[continuing revelation]]: God continuously reveals truth directly to individuals. [[George Fox]] said, "Christ has come to teach His people Himself."<ref>George Fox (1694). George Fox: An Autobiography (George Fox's Journal). Archived from the original.</ref> Friends often focus on feeling the presence of God. As [[Isaac Penington (Quaker)|Isaac Penington]] wrote in 1670, "It is not enough to hear of Christ, or read of Christ, but this is the thing – to feel him to be my root, my life, and my foundation...."<ref>"Isaac Penington to Thomas Walmsley (1670)". Quaker Heritage Press.</ref> Quakers reject the idea of [[priests]] and believe in the [[priesthood of all believers]]. Some express their concept of God using phrases such as "the inner light", "inward light of Christ", or "Holy Spirit". Quakers first gathered around George Fox in the mid–17th century and belong to a historically [[Protestant Christian]] set of [[Christian denomination|denominations]].<ref name=srb/>