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[[File:God2-Sistine Chapel.png|thumb|500px|[[Wikipedia:Michelangelo|Michelangelo]]: ''God creates Adam'', ceiling fresco, [[Wikipedia:Sistine Chapel|Sistine Chapel]] (1508-1512)]]
[[File:God2-Sistine Chapel.png|thumb|500px|[[Wikipedia:Michelangelo|Michelangelo]]: ''God creates Adam'', ceiling fresco, [[Wikipedia:Sistine Chapel|Sistine Chapel]] (1508-1512)]]


The word '''God''' (derived from {{Germanic|*guda-|God}}, literally "invocation"), originated in the [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic languages]] as a general designation for exalted [[spiritual beings]].  
The word '''God''' (derived from {{Germanic|*guda-|God}}, literally "invocation") originated in the [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic languages]] as a general designation for exalted [[spiritual beings]].  


== Literature ==
== Literature ==

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Michelangelo: God creates Adam, ceiling fresco, Sistine Chapel (1508-1512)

The word God (derived from Germanic*guda- "God", literally "invocation") originated in the Germanic languages as a general designation for exalted spiritual beings.

Literature

References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated.
Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com.
Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books
A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works
Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English.
Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold
steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA)
Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.