Liturgy

From the Greek word λειτουργια, which can be transliterated as "leitourgia," meaning "the work of the people," a liturgy comprises a prescribed religious ceremony, according to the traditions of a particular religion; it may refer to, or include, an elaborate formal ritual (such as the Catholic Mass), or a daily activity such as the Muslim Salats (see Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, p.582-3). The unprogrammed meeting of Quakers in The United States is an example of a non-liturgical service because there ...

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Liturgy: Encyclopedia - Abraham in the Catholic Liturgy The figure of Abraham plays a prominent part of the Catholic Liturgy. Three Old Testament figures are given particular prominence in the Roman Catholic liturgy - Abel, Melchisedech and Abraham. This is through their association with the idea of sacrifice which means that they are invoked during the most solemn part of the Canon of the Mass in the Roman rite. In the Tridentine liturgy, Abraham was used in the Martyrology of 9th October: "Eodem die memoria ...

Liturgy: Encyclopedia II - Christian liturgy - History of the Liturgy

This section will describe the evolution of the liturgical celebration known as the Mass by Roman Catholics, which is similar to Anglican Holy Eucharist, and called the Divine Liturgy by many groups of Orthodox Christians. Initially, it is theorized that the Apostles obeyed the command "do this in memory of me", said during the Last Supper, and performed the liturgy in the houses of Christians. Besides mimicking the action of Jesus, using the bread and wine, and saying his words (known as the words of the institution), the rest of the ...

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Divine Liturgy - Structure

Liturgy: Encyclopedia - Anaphora liturgy

The anaphora is the great prayer of the Eastern Christian Divine liturgy by which the eucharistic sacrifice is offered. "Anaphora" is a Greek word meaning "carrying back" or "offering", and is used here in the sense of offering sacrifice to God. It corresponds to the Canon, or eucharistic prayer, of the Mass in the Latin Rite. Within Eastern Orthodoxy, for the two most commonly celebrated Divine Liturgies, those of St. John Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great, the anaphora is where the most significant differences between the tw ...

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Liturgy: Encyclopedia - Christian liturgy

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Liturgy: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary on Liturgy

liturgy: The proper, prescribed forms of ritual.

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Liturgy: Encyclopedia - Torch

Originally, a torch was a portable source of fire used as a source of light, usually a rod-shaped piece of wood with a rag soaked in pitch or some other flammable material wrapped around one end. Torches were often supported in sconces by brackets high up on walls, to throw light over corridors in stone structures such as castles or crypts. Torch - Common uses. A torch carried in relay by cross-country runners is used to light the Olympic flame which burns without interruption until the following Olympics. ...

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Liturgy: Encyclopedia - Gregorian chant

Gregorian chant is also known as plainchant or plainsong and is a form of monophonic, unaccompanied singing, which was developed in the Catholic church, mainly during the period 800-1000. It takes its name from Pope St. Gregory the Great, who is believed to have brought it to the West based on Eastern models of Byzantine chant. This music was traditionally sung by monks or other male clerics and was used during religious services. It is the music of the Roman Rite of the Mass, also known as the Gregorian rite or T ...

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Liturgy: Encyclopedia - Neo-druidism

Neo-druidism is an attempt to reconstruct the ancient religion of druidism. Neo-druidism - Neo-Druidry in Britain. In the eighteenth century secret societies in Britain included a number that had a particularly "Druidic" flavour, such as the Ancient Order of Druids and the Order of the Universal Bond, later known as the Ancient Druid Order. These organisations often drew upon Iolo Morganwg for their philosophy and symbolism, including the use of the Druid's Prayer. His teachings have since been shown to hav ...

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Liturgy: Encyclopedia - Basilica of St. John Lateran

The Basilica of St. John Lateran — in Italian, the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano — is the cathedral church of Rome and the official ecclesiastical seat of the Pope. Officially named Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris (Archbasilica of the Most Holy Savior), it is the oldest and ranks first among the five major basilicas, and holds the title of ecumenical motherchurch among Catholics. An inscription on the façade, Christo Salvatore, dedicates the Lateran as Archbasilica of the Most Holy Saviour, ...

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Liturgy: Encyclopedia - Apostolic Faith Mission

The Apostolic Faith Mission or The Apostolic Faith Church is a worldwide Wesleyan-Pentecostal-holiness religious organization, with headquarters in Portland, Oregon. This is a distinct body from the Church of God of the Apostolic Faith headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Open Standard Churches, or the Apostolic Faith Church as seen on television. It also strongly dissociates itself from all Oneness Pentecostal and other Apostolic churches. Apostolic Faith Mission - History. In April of 1906, Willia ...

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Liturgy: Encyclopedia - John Chrysostom

John Chrysostom (347 - 407) was a notable Christian bishop and preacher from the 4th and 5th centuries in Syria and Constantinople. He is famous for eloquence in public speaking and his denunciation of abuse of authority in the Church and in the Roman Empire of the time. He had notable ascetic sensibilities. After his death he was named Chrysostom, which comes from the Greek chrysostomos, "golden mouthed". The Orthodox Church honors him as a saint (feastday, November 13) and count him among the Three Holy Hierarchs (feas ...

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John Chrysostom - The Homilies against the Judaizers

Liturgy: Encyclopedia - Methodism

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Liturgy: Encyclopedia - Eucharist

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Liturgy: Encyclopedia II - Liturgy of Preparation - Architecture

The Prothesis is also the term, architecturally, for the place in which this ceremony takes place. This is a small table, also known as the Table of Oblation, which can be placed in the north side of the sanctuary or in a separate chamber (also called the Prothesis) on the north side of the central apse. During the reign of Justin II (565-574), this chamber was located in an apse, and another apse was added on the south side for the diaconicon, so that from his time the Greek church was triapsal. In the churches i ...

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Liturgy: Encyclopedia II - Prime liturgy - ORIGIN

This short office is one of those whose origin is best known. John Cassian, speaking of Prime, says expressly "sciendum . . . hanc matitutinam canonicam functionem [i.e. Prime] nostro tempore in nostro quoque monasterio primitus institutam" (Instit., III, IV). As the chronology of Cassian's works has recently been established fairly accurately, the institution of Prime must be placed towards 382 (see Pargoire, op. cit. below, 288). Apropos of this monastery, of which Cassian speaks as the cradle of Prime, i ...

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