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1Relics — • An object, notably part of the body or clothes, remaining as a memorial of a departed saint Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Relics Relics …
2Outline of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) This is an outline of the six volume work The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, authored by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon (1737–1794). It also includes a Gibbon chronology …
3worship — worshiper, n. worshipingly, adv. /werr ship/, n., v., worshiped, worshiping or (esp. Brit.) worshipped, worshipping. n. 1. reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred. 2. formal or ceremonious… …
4Saints Cosmas and Damian — Saint Damian redirects here. For Saint Damien of Molokai, see Father Damien. Saints Cosmas and Damian Icon of Saints Cosmas (left) and Damian (right) holding medicine boxes and spoons for dispensing cures Martyrs …
5Saints Sergius and Bacchus — Infobox Saint name= Saints Sergius and Bacchus birth date= death date= 303 AD feast day= 7 October venerated in= Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church imagesize= 250px caption= Detail of a 7th century icon of Saints Sergius and Bacchus.… …
6Christian Worship — Christian Worship † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Christian Worship NOTION AND CHARACTERISTICS The word worship (Saxon weorthscipe, honour ; from worth, meaning value , dignity , price , and the termination, ship; Lat. cultus) in its… …
7religious symbolism and iconography — Introduction respectively, the basic and often complex artistic forms and gestures used as a kind of key to convey religious concepts and the visual, auditory, and kinetic representations of religious ideas and events. Symbolism and… …
8Beatification and canonisation of Pope John Paul II — Beatification of John Paul II Pope John Paul II reigned as pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City for almost 27 years. Since his death on 2 April 2005, many thousands of people have been supporting the case for… …
9Eastern Orthodox worship — Part of a series on Eastern Christianity …
10Beatification and Canonization — • According to some writers the origin in the Catholic Church is to be traced back to the ancient pagan apotheosis Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Beatification and Canonization Beatification and Canoni …
