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The word Christian is used three times in the New Testament: Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28, and 1 Peter 4:16. The original usage in all three New Testament verses reflects a derisive element in the term Christian to refer to followers of Christ who did not acknowledge the emperor of Rome. [1]
Horarium – the schedule of daily prayers for those living in a religious community or seminary. [4] See also Liturgy of the Hours. Hyperdulia – veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary see also: dulia; Hypostasis – in Jesus Christ, the union of two natures, divine and human, in the one divine person of the Son of God
Means "Upon him prayer and peace"; used for all earlier Prophets and Angels. ʿAlayhi wa ʿalā ālihi aṣ ṣalāt wa as salām Means "Upon him and his family be prayer and peace" Salawāt Allah ʿalayhi wa ālihi Means "The exaltations of God shall be upon him and his family" Salawat Allah wa Salamuhu 'Alayhi wa Alihi
The word may be misunderstood by some as being the surname of Jesus due to the frequent juxtaposition of Jesus and Christ in the Christian Bible and other Christian writings. Often used as a more formal-sounding synonym for Jesus, the word is in fact a title, hence its common reciprocal use Christ Jesus, meaning The Anointed One, Jesus.
An acolyte is an assistant or follower assisting the celebrant in a religious service or procession. In many Christian denominations, an acolyte is anyone performing ceremonial duties such as lighting altar candles. In others, the term is used for one who has been inducted into a particular liturgical ministry, even when not performing those ...
In ancient times, in the first centuries after the birth of Christ, when this region was called Scythia, the geographical area of Scythians – Christians already lived there. [51] Later the region saw the first states to adopt Christianity officially – initially Armenia (301 AD) and Georgia (337 AD), later Bulgaria ( c. 864) and Kyivan Rus ...
The Revised Prayer-Book of the Reformed Spanish Church, English translation of the 1889 revised prayer book used in the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church Interior of the Cathedral of the Redeemer. The IERE uses the Mozarabic Rite, also known as the Hispanic Rite, a Latin liturgical rite. It dates principally to the 7th and 8th centuries. St.
St. Joseph became a cathedral in 1936, [4] when the Holy See established the Diocese of San Diego from part of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The cathedral is built on the site of the earlier churches and was dedicated in 1941. [5] St. Joseph underwent restoration work in 2011 which included repainting and restoring exterior wood and concrete.