He doesn't want to appeal to divine revelation, why not?

他不想求助于神启，这是为什么呢？

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How can that possibly be reconciled with the notion that such questions have been settled for ever by divine revelation?

这怎么可能与这些问题早已被神谕所永久规定这一概念相容呢？

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John the Divine had written in Revelation 14 -- you know this: and no man could learn that song but the one hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

圣约翰在《启示录》第14卷中写道--你们都知道：,没人唱的了这首歌，除了那四千一百四十人,那些被从人间救赎的人。

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Even text-based creeds, based on one-off divine revelation, can be quite flexible in reacting to new economic circumstances.

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Poloma says faith in divine revelation, prophecy and an outpouring of the Holy Spirit are hallmarks of the Pentecostal faith.

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But Mormons continue to believe, for example, in direct and ongoing divine revelation, which is why the church's president, currently Thomas Monson, is considered a prophet and his quorum of church leaders are deemed apostles.

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