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21Cenobite — Cenobium redirects here. For the colony of algae, see Coenobium. coenobitism redirects here. For other uses, see coenobitism (disambiguation). For other meanings, see Cenobite (Hellraiser) and Cenobites (album). Coptic icon of Pachomius the Great …
22arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
23Anchorite — (male)/anchoress (female), (adj. anchoritic; from the Greek polytonic|ἀναχωρέω anachōreō, signifying to withdraw , to depart into the rural countryside ), denotes someone who, for religious reasons, withdraws from secular society so as to be able …
24Roman Catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1815 25] * * * Largest single Christian denomination in the world, with some one billion members, or about 18% of the world s population. The Roman Catholic church has… …
25Christian monasticism — Icon of Saint Anthony the Great, the founder of Christian monasticism. Christian monasticism is a practice which began to develop early in the history of the Christian Church, modeled upon scriptural examples and ideals, including those in the… …
26Catholic spirituality — is the spiritual practice of living out a personal act of faith (fides qua creditur) following the acceptance of faith (fides quae creditur). Although all Catholics are expected to pray together at Mass, there are many different forms of… …
27anchoritic — adjective characterized by ascetic solitude the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony his hermitic existence • Syn: ↑eremitic, ↑eremitical, ↑hermitic, ↑hermitical • Similar to: ↑ …
28hermitic — adjective characterized by ascetic solitude the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony his hermitic existence • Syn: ↑anchoritic, ↑eremitic, ↑eremitical, ↑hermitical • Similar to: ↑ …
29hermitical — adjective characterized by ascetic solitude the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony his hermitic existence • Syn: ↑anchoritic, ↑eremitic, ↑eremitical, ↑hermitic • Similar to: ↑ …
30Eastern Orthodox Church — Orthodox Catholic Church and Orthodox Christian Church redirect here. For other uses of the term, see Orthodox (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Oriental Orthodox Churches. See also: Eastern Christianity and Orthodoxy by country The… …
