Revelation of Arès

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The Revelation of Arès is a book about a religious revelation experienced by Michel Potay in Arès, France, during the 1970s. After Potay publicily announced his experiences and described his understanding of their significance and meaning, a small group of followers came to consider Potay a prophet. Written by Potay, the book describes 40 "Apparitions" that he claims were delivered to him by the spoken words of Jesus in 1974, as well as five "Theophanies" he received from God in 1977. Potay's followers consider the revelations contained in Potay's book to be the most important since the Bible and the Qur'an.

1 Summary of the revelation
2 The Arès pilgrim movement
3 Bibliographical information
4 External links

[edit] Summary of the revelation

The Revelation of Arès recalls the roots of monotheism, in order to recreate and dynamise spiritual life, which is thought to be the fundamental task of any prophet. The basic message is that humanity will not gain happiness by any rigid, dogmatic, legalistic, ideological, political, scientific, financial, nationalistic, theological, etc., system, but by simply recreating himself good, becoming once again the positive image and likeliness of the Creator, thus redeeming himself and recreating Eden, here on earth.

The Revelation of Arès refers to various prophets prior to Michel Potay, including Zarathushtra (Zoroaster), Abraham, Moses, Isaiah, Jesus, and Muhammad in a unique way. The Revelation incites Potay's faithful followers to accomplish all their respective messages in a spiritual and virtuous harmony with this recent Revelation. It proposed that every person may become a prophet by delegation, e.g. by living and spreading all the Word of God, as revealed by the prophets.

[edit] The Arès pilgrim movement

Potay's followers do not consider themselves to be part of a new religion. Potay himself, once a cleric, left organized religion after his revelations in 1974 and 1977. Since that time, many of Potay's followers have been making a pilgrimage each summer to Arès, France.