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  2. Religious use of incense - Wikipedia

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    The smoke of burning incense is interpreted by both the Western Catholic and Eastern Christian churches as a symbol of the prayer of the faithful rising to heaven. [4] This symbolism is seen in Psalm 141 (140), verse 2: "Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight: the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice."

  3. Incense offering - Wikipedia

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    The incense offering (Hebrew: קְטֹרֶת ‎ qəṭōreṯ) in Judaism was related to perfumed offerings on the altar of incense in the time of the Tabernacle and the First and Second Temple period, and was an important component of priestly liturgy in the Temple in Jerusalem.

  4. Decian persecution - Wikipedia

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    Libellus from the Decian persecution 250 AD certifying that the holder has sacrificed to the Roman gods. The edict ordered that everyone in the Empire, with the exception of Jews, must sacrifice and burn incense to the gods and to the well-being of the Emperor in the presence of a Roman magistrate, and get a written certificate, called a libellus, that this had been done, signed by the ...

  5. Lapsi (Christianity) - Wikipedia

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    Thurificati: Those who had burnt incense on the altar before the statues of the gods. From Latin thurificare – "burn incense" Libellatici : Those who had drawn up attestation ( libellus ), or had, by bribing the authorities, caused such certificates to be drawn up for them, representing them as having offered sacrifice, without, however ...

  6. Thurible - Wikipedia

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    Use of incense was abandoned in the Church of England by the turn of the 19th century [10] and was later thought to be illegal. [11] [12] Today, the use of incense in an Anglican church is a fairly reliable guide to churchmanship, that is, how 'high' (more Catholic in liturgical style) or how 'low' (more Protestant) the individual church is. [13]

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  8. Burnt offering (Judaism) - Wikipedia

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    Some passages in the Book of Judges show the principle and practice of whole offerings; [42] in the story of Gideon, a slaughter offering of a young goat and unleavened bread is destroyed when fire sent from heaven consumes it; in the story of Samson's birth, his father, who was intending to make a slaughter offering so that he could give a ...

  9. Denzel Washington Has Been Sober for 10 Years, Says He ... - AOL

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    Denzel Washington revealed to Esquire magazine as part of a recent cover story that he is 10 years sober. He cut off alcohol at 60 years old after a 15-year drinking pattern that started in the ...