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A sacred language, holy language or liturgical language is a language that is cultivated and used primarily for religious reasons (like church service) by people who speak another, primary language in their daily lives. Some religions, or parts of them, regard the language of their sacred texts as in itself sacred.
Parts of the Roman Ritual: [6] rites for the sacraments whose administration is not reserved for bishops, funerals, religious profession, etc. Parts of the Roman Pontifical: the rites of confirmation and ordination, blessing of a church and altar, consecration to a life of virginity, etc. Parts of the Liturgy of the Hours.
It is the successor body to the International Consultation on English Texts (ICET). ICET was formed in 1969 and, after circulating drafts in 1971, 1972 and 1973, completed its work in 1975 by publishing the booklet Prayers We Have in Common , its proposed English versions of liturgical texts that included the Apostles' Creed , the Nicene Creed ...
The 16,800-seat Lakewood Church building, home to four English-language services and two Spanish-language services per week, [2] is located at the former Compaq Center. [3] Joel Osteen is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church with his wife, Victoria, who serves as co-pastor. It has 368 full-time and part-time staff. [citation needed]
Body of Christ – A reference to (a) the Christian church as a whole, worldwide (cf. 1 Corinthians 12:12–14 and Ephesians 4:1–16), and/or (b) a name for the bread used in Communion/Eucharist to represent the physical body of Jesus sacrificed on the cross (cf. Luke 22:19, 20).
According to a 2012 study by Kaplan International Colleges, an international education service provider, 82% of people have watched TV shows to learn English. Of that number, 26% claimed that ...
This was the earliest English-language service book of the Church of England, and the only English-language service to be finished within the lifetime of King Henry VIII. [15] In 1549, Cranmer produced a complete English-language liturgy. Cranmer was largely responsible for the first two editions of the Book of Common Prayer. The first edition ...
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