O'Loughlin, ThomasJapan Mission Journal
The liturgy may retain some traditional liturgical elements (like the Lord’s Prayer, responsive readings, or creeds) while also incorporating casual, modern elements like multimedia presentations or informal prayers. Preaching styles tend to vary too, featuring a mix of expository or liturgical preach...
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Liturgy The word “liturgy” means “the work of the people,” or so I’ve been taught. When faced with a Sunday bulletin with lots of blank spaces to be filled, it certainly feels like the work of the pastor. So in the sub-pages are prayers and litanies that I’ve written. I’m...
TheArankayas– Details of rituals and ceremonies for liturgy TheBrahmanas– Commentaries on rituals and ceremonies TheUpanishads– Discussion of meditation, philosophy and spiritual knowledge The underlying philosophy, or teaching, of the Vedas is the concept that the individual is not an independent en...
First, the word "vestment": it comes from the Latin word for clothing, although now the word is usually associated with religious clothing used during the liturgy. As a priest gets vested he prays what are called the vesting prayers. Each of these prayers is associated with a particular pie...
In Catholic churches, Easter officially begins with the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night, the most solemn and beautiful liturgy of the year. This service begins in darkness, symbolizing the world before Christ’s resurrection. A new fire is lit, and the Paschal Candle, representing Christ as...
This chapter addresses Saadia’s theodicies in his Doctrines and Beliefs, a treatise of Jewish theology, and his seminal commentary on the Book of Job whose aim, I argue, is not to investigate the theological problem of evil but to give a phenomenology o
Is ecumenical a Catholic? Its liturgy is also similar to that of the Roman Catholic Church, butit is independentand not under the jurisdiction of the Vatican or the Roman Catholic hierarchy; it is thus considered to be one of the Independent Catholic Churches. ... ...
A rite is a formal or ceremonial act, while a ritual is a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order, often part of a rite.