777 (number)
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The number 777 is significant in various religious and political contexts.
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[edit] Religious significance
[edit] Judaism
The numbers 3 and 7 are considered both "perfect numbers" under Hebrew tradition.[citation needed]
[edit] Orthodox Church
According to the American publication, the Orthodox Study Bible, 777 represents the threefold perfection of the Trinity.[Full citation needed]
[edit] Thelema
777 is also found in the title of the book 777 and Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley pertaining to the law of thelema.[Full citation needed]
[edit] Political significance
[edit] Afrikaner Resistance Movement
The Afrikaner Resistance Movement (Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging, AWB), a Boer-nationalist movement in South Africa, utilised the number 777 as part of their emblem. The number refers to a triumph of "God's number" 7 over the Devil's number 666. On the AWB flag, the numbers are arranged in a triskelion shape, so as to form the suggestion of a swastika.[1][not in citation given]
[edit] Computing
777 means all permissions in Unix.
[edit] References
- ^ The Nature of Fascism. Roger Griffin. Routledge, 1993. ISBN 0-415-09661-8, 9780415096614. Pg 166.
