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11death rite — ▪ anthropology Introduction any of the ceremonial acts or customs employed at the time of death and burial. Throughout history and in every human society, the disposal of the dead has been given special significance. The practice was… …
12Baptism — • One of the Seven Sacraments of the Christian Church; frequently called the first sacrament , the door of the sacraments , and the door of the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Baptism Baptism …
13Rule of St. Benedict — • Lengthy article on the text of the Rule and its composition, some analysis, and practical application Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Rule of St. Benedict Rule of St. Benedict …
14Suicide — • The act of one who causes his own death, either by positively destroying his own life, as by inflicting on himself a mortal wound or injury, or by omitting to do what is necessary to escape death, as by refusing to leave a burning house… …
15outrage — Synonyms and related words: abomination, abuse, afflict, affront, aggrieve, anger, aspersion, atrocity, attack, bad, bane, barbarism, barbarity, batter, befoul, befoulment, bewitch, bitterness, blight, breach, brickbat, bruise, brutality, buffet …
16flaunt — verb he flaunts his young wife as if she were the prize heifer at the county fair Syn: show off, display ostentatiously, make a (great) show of, put on show/display, parade; brag about, crow about, vaunt; informal flash •• flaunt, flout Confusion …
17Veritatis Splendor — (Latin for The Splendor of Truth ) is an encyclical by Pope John Paul II. It expresses the position of the Catholic Church regarding fundamentals of the Church s role in moral teaching. The encyclical is one of the most comprehensive and… …
18Trinitarian Universalism — The highest heaven from Gustave Doré s illustrations to the Divine Comedy …
19Censorship of Books — • Either ecclesiastical or civil, according as it is practiced by the spiritual or secular authority, and it may be exercised in two ways, viz.: before the printing or publishing of a work, by examining it (censura prævia); and after the printing …
20Sacrifice of the Mass — • The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the time of Pope Gregory the Great, the early Church having used the expression the breaking of bread (fractio panis) or… …
