Perennialism (also known as Traditionalism) may be defined as the certain knowledge that the reality of God, the truth of Humanity as God's central manifestation in terrestrial existence, and the relationship between God and the cosmos He creates, has always been known and transmitted by the human race, sometimes esoterically, sometimes openly. Intimately related to this knowledge is the understanding that God has sent more than one revealed religion over the course of history to bring Humanity back into union with Him, and that more than one of these revelations may be in force at the same time. This doctrine has its roots in the philosophy of Leibnitz, the writings of Renaissance philosophers like Marcilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola, as well as in St. Augustine, the Holy Qur'an and the Hindu concept of the sanatana dharma. In the 20thand 21stcenturies, however, Perennialism...
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