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Transfiguration

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Transfiguration, in the New Testament, manifestation wherein Jesus appeared "shining" before Peter, James, and John. The traditional explanation is that in it Jesus' divine glory shone in his earthly body. Mt. Tabor is usually said to be the mountain where it took place. The event is commemorated in the feast of the Transfiguration on Aug. 6.
Transfiguration
1. New Testament the change in the appearance of Christ that took place before three disciples (Matthew 17:1--9)
2. the Church festival held in commemoration of this on Aug. 6


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It was a sudden transfiguration, a lifting-up of day.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
I shall remember the Transfiguration partly because it was placed in a room almost by itself; partly because it is acknowledged by all to be the first oil painting in the world; and partly because it was wonderfully beautiful.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
The real value of the Iliad or the Transfiguration is as signs of power; billows or ripples they are of the stream of tendency; tokens of the everlasting effort to produce, which even in its worst estate the soul betrays.
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
 
 
 
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