Category talk:Prophecy

Latest comment: 6 years ago by Dimadick in topic Divination

Divination

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@120.152.173.56: Instead of edit warring about this, once reverted you should attempt to discuss it and reach consensus here. While divination and prophecy are not identical, they are closely related. Please read both articles. Divination is not only fortune telling, it includes visions (which in the context of prophecy is often called inspiration which can include such divinatory visions). —PaleoNeonate15:15, 5 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

Quoting WordNet for divinatory: "resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy". —PaleoNeonate15:18, 5 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

You may be reading the wrong dictionary entry. Divination derives from a Latin term of being inspired by gods, and originally referred to divinely inspired predictions. See "Law and Religion in the Roman Republic": https://books.google.gr/books?id=mh24y5ck7ysC&pg=PA42&dq=divinare+devinely&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj31cT-9_rXAhUrDJoKHRfxD9gQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=divinare%20devinely&f=false Dimadick (talk) 17:31, 8 December 2017 (UTC)Reply