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The term Supreme Being is often defined simply as "God",[1] and it is used with this meaning by theologians of many religious faiths, including, but not limited to, Christianity,[2] Islam,[3] Hinduism,[4] and Deism.[5] However, the term can also refer to more complex or philosophical interpretations of the divine.
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[edit] Use of the term in religious contexts
[edit] 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]
[edit] Hinduism
In the Shaiva tradition of Hinduism, Shiva is referred to as the "Supreme Being".[8]
In the Vaishnavite traditions of Hinduism, the term is applied to Vishnu/Krishna.[9][10]
[edit] Islam
Islamic scholars have used the term Supreme Being to refer to Allah, Arabic for "The God".[11]
[edit] Sikhism
The holy scripture of the Sikhs, Sri 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.
[edit] Deism
Deists use the term Supreme Being to refer to the Divine (although the Divine is not defined).
[edit] See also
[edit] 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
- ^ http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/books/dws/dws_mandala-02.html
- ^ Delmonico, N. (2004). "The History Of Indic Monotheism And Modern Chaitanya Vaishnavism". The Hare Krishna Movement: the Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant. ISBN 9780231122566. http://books.google.com/?id=mBMxPdgrBhoC&pg=PA31&dq=Vaisnava+monotheism. 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
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