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In the King James Version of the Bible (KJV) the text reads: But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. The New International Version (NIV) translates the passage as: He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs."
Christ blessing the Children by Lucas Cranach the Younger. The Kingdom of Heaven is compared to little children at other places in the New Testament: Matthew 19:13–15. Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
[6] [7] Pope Benedict XVI spoke of Saint Tarcisius as "presumably an acolyte, that is, an altar server". [8] However, within the Latin Church, the term "acolyte" is also used in a more restricted sense, often specified as "instituted acolyte", [ 9 ] to mean an adult woman or man who has received the instituted ministry of that name.
Confirmation and Conferring of Minor Orders (school of Rogier van der Weyden, 15th century). From the beginning of the 3rd century, there is evidence in Western Christianity of the existence of what became the four minor orders (acolytes, exorcists, doorkeepers, and readers), as well as of cantors and fossores (tomb diggers).
The Acolyte by Abraham Solomon, 1842. 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 ...
Acolyte, therefore, is the highest of minor Orders, and whose chief duties are to carry candles in procession, to light the candles on the altar, and to assist the priest in saying the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass (although the acolyte is not necessary for the effect of the Mass to take place; only the priest is required).
A Disney exec has revealed why “The Acolyte” was canceled after just one season. In an interview with Vulture, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment Alan Bergman said while the House of Mouse ...
On 18 January 2010, ABC News reported Trijicon was placing references to verses in the Bible in the serial numbers of sights sold to the United States Armed Forces. [1] The "book chapter:verse" cites were appended to the model designation, and the majority of the cited verses are associated with light in darkness, referencing Trijicon's specialization in illuminated optics and night sights.