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Supreme Being, higher being, and higher power are terms for philosophical conceptions of God.[1] The terms are used by theologists and philosophers of many religious faiths, including Christianity,[2] Islam,[3] Hinduism,[4] and deism.[5]
Use of the term
Christianity
In Christian theology, the term Supreme Being is used to refer to God.[6] Although mostly used specifically as a reference to God the Father, it can be used to refer to Christ or the Christian Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.[7]
Hinduism
In Hinduism the ultimate truth is called Para Brahman. And that Supreme truth is manifested as Vishnu and Shiva. In the Vaishnavite traditions of Hinduism, the term is applied to Vishnu/Krishna.[8][9] In the Shaiva tradition of Hinduism, Shiva is referred to as the "Supreme Being".[citation needed]
Islam
Islamic scholars have used the term Supreme Being to refer to Allah, Arabic for "The God".[10]
Sikhism
The holy scripture of the Sikhs, Guru Granth Sahib, uses terms that are sometimes translated as "Supreme Being".[citation needed] Sikhs personally use Waheguru, or the term Ek Omkar, meaning "One God."
Deism
Deists use the term Supreme Being to refer to the Divine. Following the French Revolution, the Cult of the Supreme Being was intended to become the state religion of the new French Republic.[11]
See also
References
- ↑ definition according to Miriam-Webster on line dictionary.
- ↑ http://www.actsweb.org/articles/article.php?i=1431&d=2&c=2 and http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/dogmatics/baroudy_god_supreme_being.htm
- ↑ Revelation - Sacred Theology
- ↑ The Hindu Online edition of India's National Newspaper, Monday, Sep 22, 2003
- ↑ website showing usage by Deists during the French Revolution.
- ↑ God - the Supreme Being
- ↑ The Sense of a Supreme Being
- ↑ Delmonico, N. (2004). "The History Of Indic Monotheism And Modern Chaitanya Vaishnavism". The Hare Krishna Movement: the Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant. ISBN 978-0-231-12256-6. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ↑ Elkman, S.M.; Gosvami, J. (1986). Jiva Gosvamin's Tattvasandarbha: A Study on the Philosophical and Sectarian Development of the Gaudiya Vaisnava Movement. Motilal Banarsidass Pub.
- ↑ Allah, al-llah
- ↑ Neely, p. 212: "(T)he Convention authorized the creation of a civic religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being. On May 7, Robespierre introduced the legislation...."