revealed religion

American  

noun

1. religion based chiefly on the revelations of God to humans, especially as described in Scripture.

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revealed religion British  

noun

1. religion based on the revelation by God to man of ideas that he would not have arrived at by his natural reason alone

2. religion in which the existence of God depends on revelation

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Etymology

Origin of revealed religion

First recorded in 1710–20

Example Sentences

He traveled across the country giving lectures that paid tribute to Thomas Paine, a patriot who fell from grace because of his mockery of revealed religion.

From Salon • May 18, 2019

In his homily, the pope praised Newman, a towering theologian and prolific writer whose work was very influential in 20th century Church history, for defending "the vital place of revealed religion in civil society."

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2010

Perhaps the single most important figure is Immanuel Kant, who explored the limits of Enlightenment rationality without handing any authority back to revealed religion.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2010

Though discounting the Bible as a source of revealed religion, Writers Rich and Chernenkov eagerly accept it as a historical document.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Virgil we are apparently intended to see the symbol of what Dante calls philosophy, what we should rather call natural religion; Beatrice standing for theology, or rather revealed religion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various