A-Z: General definitions
- Dactyl
- Dada
- Daedalus
- Daedalus and Icarus
- Dagon
- Damnation
- Danae
- Daniel
- Daniel O'Connell
- Dante
- Daphne
- Dark
- Dark Night (of the soul)
- Darkness
- David
- Day of Atonement
- Day of Judgement
- Day of the Lord
- De Profundis
- Deacon
- Deaconess
- Dead Sea
- Dean
- Death
- debate
- Deborah
- Decadents
- Decameron
- Declaration of Independence
- Declarative
- Decorum
- dedicate
- Definite article
- Defoe
- Degenerate
- Deified
- Deism
- Deist
- Deistic
- Deity
- Delilah
- Deliverance
- Delos
- Delphi
- Delphic Oracle
- Delphos
- Demeter
A-Z: General definitions: Deist
Definition
A person who believes that the universe has been created by a god or supreme being, but one who does not interact with people or affect any natural laws. Therefore deists reject any ideas of miracles or prophecy. Deism particularly grew in popularity during the age of Enlightenment.
An event evoking wonder, believed to be the result of supernatural intervention.
The plans or message of God communicated by God through a human messenger called a prophet.
A European intellectual movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, also known as the Age of Reason. It sought to promote knowledge and reform society by focussing on what could be understood through reason and logic.
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