Transfiguration
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- noun
- /ˌtrænsfɪˈɡjʊreɪʃən/
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Transfiguración
- An eyewitness to Jesus' transfiguration with the Father's approving voice from heaven saying that the prophetic word is surer than his eyewitness testimony.
And you may see subtle hints of this in the Lucan transfiguration narrative because Mark describes the transfiguration as a metamorphosis.
- And you may see subtle hints of this in the Lucan transfiguration narrative because Mark describes the transfiguration as a metamorphosis.
Examples
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The wonder of the transfiguration was met by James and John's silence and Peter's awkward attempt at a response.
Academic text (2008) -
Christian faith is, then, no invention of some later community, the church (against Bultmann); it is validated in Jesus' very life, of which the Gospels are a trusty historical record, including the transfiguration.
Academic text (2010) -
Thus, at the basis of the Christian spiritual life is a transfiguration both of the world and of the believer.
Academic text (2017) -
Along these lines, we can also recognize Jesus' birth, baptism, and transfiguration as theophanies, too.
Blog text (32) -
My human tendency to dramatize is why I am reassured when I read about Jesus' transfiguration.
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The transfiguration of the world has begun in the risen Christ and is "ripening and developing" to the point where it will become manifest in the final fulfillment of all things.
Academic text (2006) -
Ecclesial life is both an expression of our new life in the Spirit and a means toward our transfiguration, for our fulfillment as creatures made in the divine image can be found only in communion with God and with others.
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Rahner insists that our future participation in resurrection life will be a completely unforeseeable and unimaginable transfiguration of our spiritual, bodily, and social selves.
Academic text (2006) -
He's read his gospels, at least one of them, and he's harkening back to the story of the Transfiguration of Jesus on the mountain with Moses and Elijah there.
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The event of the transfiguration revealed Christ's divine glory to his closest disciples on the mountain.
Synonyms
A moment when Jesus shines brightly on a mountain seen by three disciples
A church festival on August 6 that remembers when Jesus' face and clothes became bright on a mountain
Compounds
A church festival on August 6 that remembers when Jesus' face and clothes became bright on a mountain
- Literature
A moment when Jesus shines brightly on a mountain seen by three disciples
Surface Forms
Morphology
Transfiguration = transfigure (semi-transparent) = trans + figure + ation
The noun is a regular nominalization formed from the verb 'transfigure' with the productive suffix '-ation', a predictable morphological change.
Etymology
Transfiguration comes from Latin parts trans- meaning 'across' or 'change' and figure meaning 'shape', so it means a 'change of shape'. That fits the New Testament event where Jesus' appearance changed and he shone with bright light, and the festival remembers that change.