Encyclopedia - Cassock: Encyclopedia - Cassock
The cassock, an item of clerical clothing, is a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cassock: Encyclopedia Ii - Cassock - Western Practice Roman And Anglican
The cassock, also known as a soutane, comes in a number of styles, though no particular symbolism attaches to these. A Roman cassock has ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kasaya: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Kasaya
Kasaya The monkπs robe, or cassock.    (See also: Kasaya , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chasuble: Encyclopedia - Chasuble
The chasuble is the outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for the celebration of the Eucharist among Western-tradition Christian c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cardinal Color: Encyclopedia - Cardinal Color
Cardinal is a vivid red, which gets its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals. Cardinal is also the "official" color of the S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Choir Dress: Encyclopedia - Choir Dress
Choir dress is the vestiture of the clerics, seminarians and religous of traditional churches worn for public prayer apart from the eucha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chimere: Encyclopedia - Chimere
A chimere is a garment that can be worn as part of academic regalia, or by Anglican bishops in choir dress. A descendant of a riding cloa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robe: Encyclopedia - Robe
A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment of various types, including: A gown worn as part of the academic regalia of faculty or students,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cope: Encyclopedia - Cope
The cope is a liturgical vestment, which may be of any liturgical colour, and is like a very long mantle or cloak, fastened at the breast...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clerical Clothing: Encyclopedia - Clerical Clothing
Clerical clothing is non-liturgical clothing worn exclusively by clergy. It is distinct from vestments in that it is not reserved specifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clergy Shirt: Encyclopedia - Clergy Shirt
A Clergy shirt is an item of clerical clothing worn by some members of the Christian clergy. It is a shirt, usually black, that either is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celestines: Encyclopedia - Celestines
Celestines, a branch of the great Benedictine monastic order, founded in 1244. At the foundation of the new rule, they were called Hermit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acolyte: Encyclopedia - Acolyte
In some Christian churches, an acolyte is one who wishes to attain clergyhood. More generally, the term can refer to anyone who performs ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Priest: Encyclopedia - Priest
A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vestment: Encyclopedia - Vestment
Vestments are liturgical garments and articles associated primarily with the Christian religions, especially the Catholic, Eastern Orthod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cardinal Catholicism: Encyclopedia - Cardinal Catholicism
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking just below the Pope and appointed by him as a member...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barnabite: Encyclopedia - Barnabite
The Barnabites, or Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Latin: Clericorum Regularium S. Pauli, abbr. C.R.S.P.) is a Roman Catholic order. It wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aloysius Gonzaga: Encyclopedia - Aloysius Gonzaga
Aloysius Gonzaga (9 March 1568–21 June 1591) was the oldest son of the Marquis Ferdinand of Castiglione, a prince of the Holy Roman Emp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deacon: Encyclopedia - Deacon
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African Literature: Encyclopedia - African Literature
African literature generally refers to the novels, short stories, and poetry written by African writers during the 20th century. Most of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trousers: Encyclopedia - Trousers
Trousers (or "pants" in North American English, sometimes "slacks" in more formal or older-fashioned usage) are an item of clothing worn ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clerical Clothing: Encyclopedia Ii - Clerical Clothing - Catholicism
Cassock: A long-sleeved, hoodless garment most often made of lightweight black fabric. Cassocks are generally ankle-length. Clergy Shirt:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pectoral Cross: Encyclopedia Ii - Pectoral Cross - Roman Catholic Practice
Bishops wear a Pectoral Cross in both their regular dress and when attending or serving liturgy. If the bishop wears a clerical suit, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Priest: Encyclopedia Ii - Priest - Dress
In most Christian traditions, priests wear clerical clothing— a distinctive form of street dress. In form it varies considerably–even...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Choir Dress: Encyclopedia Ii - Choir Dress - Roman Catholic Choir Dress
Choir dress in the Roman Catholic Church is worn when attending a liturgy that is not the Mass, especially the liturgy of the hours, or, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Monks: Encyclopedia Ii - The Monks - The Monks Stage Garb
At the beginning of 1965, Dave Day and Roger Johnston, on a whim, got their heads shaved into monks' tonsures. The rest of the band follo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oplan Bojinka: Encyclopedia Ii - Oplan Bojinka - The Evidence In Room 603
When the officers returned to Suite 603 at 2:30 a.m. on January 7, they found street maps of Manila with routes plotting the papal motorc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trousers: Encyclopedia Ii - Trousers - Society
It is customary in the Western world for men to wear trousers and not skirts or dresses. However, there are exceptions, such as the Scott...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pantalone: Encyclopedia Ii - Pantalone - Description
He traditionally wears a large codpiece to advertise his virility (which everyone around him knows to be long gone) along with a mask wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity The Matrix: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity The Matrix - In Love And War
Approximately six months pass until we see Trinity again, now dressed in a longer plastic leather trenchcoat that looks remarkably simila...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope - Other Popes
An antipope is a person who claims the Pontificate without being canonically and properly elected to it. The existence of an antipope is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greyhawk Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greyhawk Deities - Pholtus
Pholtus of the Blinding Light is the deity of law, order, inflexibility, resolution, light, the sun, and the moon. His alignment is Lawfu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rwandan Genocide: Encyclopedia Ii - Rwandan Genocide - Prelude To Genocide
Another source of mounting tensions in 1990 was the grumblings of the Tutsi diaspora in refugee camps ringing the nation, particularly fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rwandan Genocide: Encyclopedia Ii - Rwandan Genocide - Genocide
As though the assassination was a signal, military and militia groups began rounding up and killing all Tutsis they could capture as well...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rwandan Genocide: Encyclopedia Ii - Rwandan Genocide - Justice Reconciliation Reforms
With the return of the refugees, the government began the long-awaited genocide trials, which got off to an uncertain start in the closin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rwandan Genocide: Encyclopedia Ii - Rwandan Genocide - Background
Rwanda is one of the few states in Africa to closely follow its ancestral borders. The Kingdom of Rwanda, controlled by a Tutsi royal fam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vestment: Encyclopedia Ii - Vestment - Roman Catholic, Anglican, And Protestant Vestments
For the Eucharist, each vestment symbolizes a spiritual dimension of the priesthood, with roots in the very origins of the Church. In som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reader Minor Orders: Encyclopedia Ii - Reader Minor Orders - Orthodoxy
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Reader (in Greek, anagnostis) is the second highest of the minor orders of clergy. This order is high...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pectoral Cross: Encyclopedia Ii - Pectoral Cross - Protestant Practice
The use of pectoral crosses has been revived in the Church of England since the Reformation. Strictly limited to bishops, the absence of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cardinal Color: Encyclopedia Ii - Cardinal Color - Other Color Systems
The corresponding Pantone Matching System (PMS) color is 200. The hex triplet for the web-safe version of the color would be #CC2233. ....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vestment: Encyclopedia Ii - Vestment - Roman Catholic Anglican And Protestant Vestments
For the Eucharist, each vestment symbolizes a spiritual dimension of the priesthood, with roots in the very origins of the Church. In som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scapular: Encyclopedia Ii - Scapular - Symbolism
Though they are descended from the monastic vestment bearing the same name, scapulae probably have more in common with the tefillin of Ju...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aloysius Gonzaga: Encyclopedia Ii - Aloysius Gonzaga - Veneration
Aloysius was buried in the Church of the Annunciation in Rome. He was considered a saint soon after his death, and his mortal remains wer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acolyte: Encyclopedia Ii - Acolyte - Anglican Tradition
In Anglican churches such as The Episcopal Church in the US or The Church of England, altar servers are called acolytes and can be of any...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Subdeacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Subdeacon - Eastern Orthodoxy
A subdeacon is the highest of the minor orders of clergy in the Eastern Orthodox Church. This order is higher than the anagnostis and low...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Monks: Encyclopedia Ii - The Monks - Discography
The Monks - Singles. "Complication" / "Oh, How To Do Now" "I Can't Get Over You" / "Cuckoo" "Love Can Tame The Wild" / "He Went Down T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neo The Matrix: Encyclopedia Ii - Neo The Matrix - The Battle Continues
Approximately six months go by between the events of The Matrix and the second film, The Matrix Reloaded. Neo is now fully manifested and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cardinal Catholicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Cardinal Catholicism - Secret Cardinal
In addition to the named cardinals, a pope may name cardinals in pectore, Latin for in the breast. A cardinal named in pectore is known o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Deacon - Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy & Anglicanism
The diaconate is one of the three ordained offices in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cardinal Catholicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Cardinal Catholicism - History
The cardinals did not always elect the Pope: the Pope was originally elected by the clergy and the people of the Roman Church, but during...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solemn Mass: Encyclopedia Ii - Solemn Mass - Vestments
For a complete description, see the article entitled Vestments of the Mass. In the sacristy, before vesting, all three sacred ministers (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Deacon - Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, & Anglicanism
The diaconate is one of the three ordained offices in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cardinal Catholicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Cardinal Catholicism - Secret Cardinal
In addition to the named cardinals, a pope may name cardinals in pectore, Latin for in the breast. A cardinal named in pectore is known o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scapular: Encyclopedia Ii - Scapular - Rules For Use Of Scapulae
Though each scapular has its own particular qualifications and usage, the Church has set down certain rules that pertain to all types. A ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cardinal Catholicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Cardinal Catholicism - Orders
According to Canon 350 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, the College of Cardinals is divided into three orders: the episcopal order (Cardin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acolyte: Encyclopedia Ii - Acolyte - Roman Catholicism
Until the Second Vatican Council, the acolyte was the highest of the minor orders, having as duties the lighting of the altar-candles, ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trousers: Encyclopedia Ii - Trousers - Terminology
In North American English, pants is the general category term, and trousers refers, often more formally, specifically to tailored garment...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Deacon - Protestantism
The diaconate is also an office in many Protestant denominations. In United Methodism, it is one of two ordained clergy offices, the othe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Monks: Encyclopedia Ii - The Monks - The Formation Of The Monks
All the members were American GIs stationed in Germany in the mid-sixties. They began playing together in 1964, calling themselves the To...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Deacon - Church Of Christ
The role of deacons in this church is also widely varied. Generally they are put in control of various programs of a congregation. They a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Priest: Encyclopedia Ii - Priest - In Judaism
In Judaism, the Kohanim (singular Kohan or Kohen, whence the family name Cohen) are hereditary priests through paternal descent. These fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cardinal Catholicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Cardinal Catholicism - Orders Of Cardinalate
According to Canon 350 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, the College of Cardinals is presently divided into three orders: the episcopal ord...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scapular: Encyclopedia Ii - Scapular - Specific Scapulae
Of all the types recognized by the Church the best-known, and perhaps the most popular, is the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Deacon - Protestantism
The diaconate is also an office in many Protestant denominations. In United Methodism, it is one of two ordained clergy offices, the othe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Deacon - Church Of Christ
The role of deacons in this church is also widely varied. Generally they are put in control of various programs of a congregation. They a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trousers: Encyclopedia Ii - Trousers - Law
In May 2004 in Louisiana, Congressman Dick Shepard proposed a bill that would make it a crime to appear in public wearing trousers below ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cardinal Catholicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Cardinal Catholicism - History
The cardinals did not always elect the Pope: the Pope was originally elected by the clergy and the people of the Roman Church, but during...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Subdeacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Subdeacon - Latin-rite Roman Catholicism
Until abolished by Pope Paul VI's apostolic letter Ministeria quaedam of 15 August 1972, the subdiaconate was one of the major orders of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scapular: Encyclopedia Ii - Scapular - Origins
Just as the stole is the vestment that marked the office of a priest, the monastic scapular became the equivalent for those in monastic l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reader Minor Orders: Encyclopedia Ii - Reader Minor Orders - Roman Catholicism
In the Roman Catholic Church, the reader is known in Latin as a lector and is not permitted to read the Gospel during the Mass. The readi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Deacon - Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy & Anglicanism
The diaconate is one of the three ordained offices in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Priest: Encyclopedia Ii - Priest - In Christianity
In the Christian context, some confusion is caused for English speakers by two different Greek words traditionally translated as priest. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aloysius Gonzaga: Encyclopedia Ii - Aloysius Gonzaga - Life
Aloysius was born in the family's castle, Castiglione delle Stiviere, between Brescia and Mantova in Italy. His father assumed that he wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of St. John: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of St. John - The Order In The United Kingdom
Order of St. John - Composition. The British Sovereign is the Sovereign of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in the United Kingdom. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vestment: Encyclopedia Ii - Vestment - Eastern Orthodox Vestments
In the Orthodox Church, any member of the clergy, of whatever rank, will be vested when serving their particular function during the Divi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trousers: Encyclopedia Ii - Trousers - History
Trousers were introduced into Western European culture at several points in history, but gained their current predominance only in the 16...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Overview
The Roman Catholic Church traces its origins to Saint Peter, apostle to Rome. It rose to prominence with the Constantinian shift in the l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - The Hierarchical Constitution Of The Church
Roman Catholic Church - The Pope. What most obviously distinguishes the Catholic Church from other Christian bodies is the link between...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neo The Matrix: Encyclopedia Ii - Neo The Matrix - Neo Awakens
Neo starts off The Matrix Trilogy (plugged into the giant computer simulation known as The Matrix) as Thomas Anderson, described by Agent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oplan Bojinka: Encyclopedia Ii - Oplan Bojinka - Murad's Confession
Sometime after police arrested Saeed, he had called Ramzi Yousef's cellular phone. Saeed turned out to be Abdul Hakim Murad, who was sent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaplain: Encyclopedia Ii - Chaplain - Military
The first English military-oriented chaplains appeared during the reign of King Edward I, although their duties included jobs that today ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oplan Bojinka: Encyclopedia Ii - Oplan Bojinka - Manhunt
Wali Khan Amin Shah was arrested at an apartment complex at Singalong Street on January 11 after police saw that a pager called by Yousef...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oplan Bojinka: Encyclopedia Ii - Oplan Bojinka - The End Result
U.S. investigators would apparently not find the connection with Khalid Sheik Mohammed to Al Qaida until several years later. Khalid Shai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oplan Bojinka: Encyclopedia Ii - Oplan Bojinka - Opinions On Oplan Bojinka In Relation To September 11
People who feel that the United States Government should have discovered September 11 feel that the discovery of Operation Bojinka should...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oplan Bojinka: Encyclopedia Ii - Oplan Bojinka - Financing
The money that funded Operation Bojinka came from Osama bin Laden and Hambali, and from front organizations operated by Mohammed Jamal Kh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oplan Bojinka: Encyclopedia Ii - Oplan Bojinka - Phase Ii Cia Plane Crash Plot
Abdul Hakim Murad confessed details of Phase II in his torture and interrogation with Manila police after his capture. (for more informat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope John Paul I: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope John Paul I - Biography
Pope John Paul I - Personal background and papal election. Luciani was born in the Forno de Canale (now called Canale d'Agordo) in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neo The Matrix: Encyclopedia Ii - Neo The Matrix - The One Fulfills His Purpose
The Matrix Revolutions picks up immediately after the events of the second movie. As a result of his stopping five Sentinels just by thin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope John Paul I: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope John Paul I - Legacy Of Pope John Paul I
Pope John Paul I was not in office long enough to make any major practical changes within the Vatican or the Roman Catholic Church (excep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Benedict Xv: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Benedict Xv - Pontificate
Benedict's pontificate was dominated by the Great War, which he termed "the suicide of Europe", and its turbulent aftermath. His early ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope John Paul I: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope John Paul I - Conspiracy Theories
The discrepancies in the Vatican's account of the events surrounding John Paul I's death—its "inaccurate" statements about who found th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Academic Dress Of The University Of Oxford: Encyclopedia Ii - Academic Dress Of The University Of Oxford - Graduate Dress
See also Degrees of Oxford University. Academic dress of the University of Oxford - BA and MA. The two most common graduate gowns in Ox...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Relations With Other Christians
The Catholic Church attributes very high authority to 21 Ecumenical Councils: Nicaea I (325), Constantinople I (381), Ephesus (431), Chal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Terminology
Roman Catholic Church is a term that other Christian Churches often, though by no means exclusively, use for this Church. The Church itse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oplan Bojinka: Encyclopedia Ii - Oplan Bojinka - Discovery And Termination Of Oplan Bojinka
All times mentioned are in Manila, Philippines time. The plot was abandoned after an apartment fire occurred during the night in Manila, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Particular Churches Within The Single Catholic Church
Unlike "families" or "communions" of Churches that see themselves as distinct Churches, the Church of those who are in full communion wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Note On Liturgical Rites In Use Within The Latin Or Western Church
For many centuries there were as many or more liturgical rites in the Latin-Rite or Western Catholic Church, as in the East. In the after...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - The Consecrated Life
Consecrated Life, referred to also as Religious Life, is a way of Christian living within the Catholic Church that, publicly professed, i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Benedict Xvi: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Benedict Xvi - Papacy
Pope Benedict XVI - Election to the Papacy. On January 2, 2005, Time magazine quoted unnamed Vatican sources as saying that Ratzinger ...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vii - C
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VII - C . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article