THEOPHANY

(Gr. ©so?, and {pxivo/jcoti, I appear.) A word invented to signify the manifestations of God to man by actual appearance. These have formed a striking feature in most systems of religion. (See, on Pagan I'heophanies, the 5th Di ertation of M. Foucher on the Hellenic Religion, Mem. del' Acad, deslnscr. vol. xxxvi. p. 292.) [s. 1242]