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81LGBT issues and Hinduism — Hindu views of homosexuality and, in general, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) issues, are diverse. Same sex relations and gender variance have been represented within Hinduism from Vedic times through to the present day, in rituals …
82Intinction — is the Eucharistic practice of partly dipping the consecrated bread, or host , into the consecrated wine before distributing it to the communicant.Western ChristianityIt is one of the four ways approved in the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic… …
83St. Bruno (1030-1101) — St. Bruno † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Bruno Confessor, ecclesiastical writer, and founder of the Carthusian Order. He was born at Cologne about the year 1030; died 6 October, 1101. He is usually represented with a death s head in… …
84Counting of the Omer — Repentance in Judaism Teshuva Return Repentance, atonement and higher ascent in Judaism   …
85Charity and Charities — • In its widest and highest sense, charity includes love of God as well as love of man Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Charity and Charities Charity and Charities …
86SHOFAR — (Heb. שׁוֹפָר), an animal s horn prepared for use as a musical instrument. Together with the reed, it is one of the earliest musical instruments known to man which is still in use. Etymologically the word is connected with šapparu, meaning wild… …
87Mozarabic Rite — The Mozarabic, Visigothic, or Hispanic Rite is a form of Catholic worship within the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, and in the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church (Anglican).[1] Its beginning dates to the 7th century, and is localized in the… …
88Naming ceremony — A naming ceremony is the event at which an infant is given a name or names. They can occur anywhere from mere days after birth to several months afterwards. Some of these ceremonies have religious or cultural significance. In Christianity the… …
89marriage — /mar ij/, n. 1. the social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc. 2. the state, condition, or relationship of being married; wedlock: a happy… …
90ARK OF THE COVENANT — (Heb. אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית, אֲרוֹן הָעֲדוּת (aron ha berit, aron ha [i]ʿedut[/i]), the chest which stood in the Holy of Holies, and in which the tables of the covenant were kept. Designations The modifying phrases qualifying the word ark are numerous …
