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101Sacrament — This article is about the religious term. For other uses, see Sacrament (disambiguation). A sacrament is a sacred rite recognized as of particular importance and significance. There are various views on the existence and meaning of such rites.… …
102Holy Wednesday — [ Cádiz, Spain] In Christianity, Holy Wednesday (also called Spy Wednesday, and in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, Holy and Great Wednesday) is the Wednesday of the Holy Week, the week before Easter. It is followed by Maundy Thursday… …
103Salvation in Catholicism — According to Catholic teaching, Salvation (Greek soteria ; Hebrew yeshu ah ), has in Scriptural language the general meaning of liberation from straitened circumstances or from other evils, and of a translation into a state of freedom and… …
104Yohannes I of Ethiopia — Yohannes I (Ge ez ዮሐንስ yōḥānnis , Amh. yōhānnis , also sometimes called John I), throne name A ilaf Sagad (Ge ez አእላፍ ሰገድ a ilāf sagad , to whom tens of thousands bow ) was IPA|nəgusä nägäst (1667 1682) [James Bruce wrote that Yohannes ruled… …
105African Rite — In the history of Christianity, the African Rite refers to a now defunct Catholic, Western liturgical rite, and is considered a development or possibly a local use of the primitive Roman Rite. It used the Latin language. The African Rite may be… …
106Stowe Missal — The Stowe Missal is a translation of the Latin and Gaelic Missal and was transcribed at Lorrha Monastery in the Ninth century. Also known as the Lorrha Missal, it is known as the Stowe Missal due to its acquisition by one of the Dukes of… …
107Christian burial — Ascension Parish burial ground, Cambridge, UK. A Christian burial is the burial of a deceased person with specifically Christian ecclesiastical rites; typically, in consecrated ground. Until recent times Christians generally objected to cremation …
108Catholicism — As a Christian ecclesiastical term, Catholic from the Greek adjective Polytonic|καθολικός, meaning general or universal [ [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2351864 Liddell and Scott] The word …
109Cistercian Rite — The Cistercian Rite is the liturgical rite, distinct from the Roman Rite, specific to the Cistercian Order of the Roman Catholic Church. The rite is to be found in the liturgical books of this reformed branch of the Benedictines. The collection,… …
110Euchologion — For the Book of Common Order , sometimes called The Order of Geneva or Knox s Liturgy , see that entry. The Euchologion (Greek: polytonic|εὐχολόγιον ; Slavonic: Молитвословъ , Molitvoslov ; Romanian: Molitfelnic ) is one of the chief liturgical… …
