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121Consecrated life (Catholic Church) — St Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 543), who wrote the leading religious rule for monastic living, evokes the Christian roots of Europe , says Pope Benedict XVI. In the Roman Catholic Church, the term consecrated life denotes a stable form of… …
122Private revelation — In the teaching of the Catholic Church, a private revelation is a particular revelation to a specific Christian. Beliefs in such revelations is not obligatory for Catholics; only belief in universal or public revelations, which are contained in… …
123Kalyāṇa-mittatā — IAST|Kalyāṇa mittatā (Pali; Skt.: IAST| mitratā ) is a Buddhist concept of spiritual friendship within Buddhist community life, applicable to both monastic and householder relationships. One involved in such a relationship is known as a good… …
124Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception — The Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception are a religious community of women consecrated to Christ in the Dominican charism with the mission of living the Word of God through teaching, evangelization and health care. They were founded in …
125The Ladder of Divine Ascent — or Ladder of Paradise (Κλίμαξ; Scala or Climax Paradisi ) is an important work for monasticism in Eastern Christianity, composed by John Climacus in ca. AD 600, at the request of John, Abbot of Raithu, a monastery situated on the shores of the… …
126Eleazar ben Azariah — Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah (Hebrew: רבי אלעזר בן עזריה) was a Mishnaic scholar of the second generation (1st century C.E.), junior contemporary of Gamaliel II, Eliezer b. Hyrcanus, and Joshua b. Hananiah, and senior of Akiba (Sifre, Deut. 32; Sanh …
127Homosexuality and Roman Catholicism — In Roman Catholicism, homosexual acts are contrary to natural law and sinful while homosexual desires are disordered (but not themselves sinful). The Roman Catholic Church considers human sexual behavior to be sacred, almost sacramental in nature …
128Passaddhi — is a Pali noun that has been translated as calmness, tranquillity, repose and serenity. [Rhys Davids Stede (1921 25), p. 447, [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.2:1:2512.pali entry for Passaddhi (retrieved 9 Jul 2007).] ] …
