Search results for "Holy water" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Theophany Water differs from regular Holy Water in that with Theophany ... the cross is removed from the vessel of Holy Water and all come forward to ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 19:09, 13 February 2024
- sometimes involving the use of Holy Water. In some churches they ... undertake a complete fast or a bread and water fast. Ash Wednesday and Good ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 04:01, 18 August 2023
- teachings are the femininity of the Holy Spirit, a mysterious connection ... Even so did my mother, the Holy Spirit, take me by one of my hairs ...11 KB (1,737 words) - 14:45, 30 December 2022
- the chief footwear. A host would provide water for guests to wash their ... the cross, just as he would for blessing holy water and he washes the feet ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 15:11, 5 September 2022
- The Holy Spirit refers to the third person of the Trinity in Christianity ... The Trinitarian doctrine of the Holy Spirit as a distinct "person ...27 KB (4,354 words) - 11:19, 2 February 2024
- purified. It is used also for the Amrit (holy water) ceremony of Sikhism and ... Unification Church made its baptismal holy water ceremony part of it marriage ...24 KB (3,694 words) - 07:45, 20 September 2023
- numbering over 20,000 inhabitants in the Holy Roman Empire. ... of Magdeburg against the troops of the Holy Roman Empire. The Empire& ...14 KB (2,050 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- Temple of Amritsar, stands as the central holy place in the Sikh religion ... as the Sarovar which consists of Amrit (Holy Water or Immortal Nectar), surrounds ...15 KB (2,334 words) - 18:54, 23 June 2020
- not burdensome. Christ came "by the water and blood," not water ... glory. Moreover, in the Gospel, it is the Holy Spirit that is the promised ...12 KB (2,015 words) - 17:22, 28 March 2024
- the Sick (Extreme Unction), Marriage, and Holy Orders. Most Protestant denominations ... the Sick (Extreme Unction), Marriage, and Holy Orders (ordination to the ...20 KB (3,310 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- River, Samarra is one of four Islamic holy cities in Iraq. The home to ... extension of the Nahrawan canal that drew water from the Tigris in the region ...9 KB (1,343 words) - 02:08, 23 December 2022
- *Blessing. The sprinkling of holy water over a person or congregation ... *Exorcism. The use of holy water to purify the body of a possessed ...20 KB (3,118 words) - 04:49, 14 June 2023
- Brahmā created himself by first creating water. Into the water he deposited ... which is associated with the pouring of holy ghee or oil into a sacrificial ...12 KB (1,970 words) - 22:34, 20 November 2023
- produced by this process do not contain water but have traces of molybdenum ... beryls of Utah, which are anhydrous) have water inclusions, as they are of ...10 KB (1,413 words) - 15:17, 31 December 2021
- Alexander I is also said to have introduced the use of holy water and salt for the purification of Christian homes from evil influences, as well ...6 KB (917 words) - 09:24, 24 November 2022
- or minister. The minister then applies water to the child. As the water ... Most Christians baptize their baby by either pouring water (affusion ...16 KB (2,399 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- a cistern and iron pot for serving food and water to thousands of monks. Beopjusa ... Holy Relics. It is said that in the eleventh year King Gomin's ...9 KB (1,412 words) - 21:05, 20 January 2022
- quot; of Christ. It is also known as Holy Communion. Christians generally ... to the Eucharist are found in a Jewish holy day and pagan rites. ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 04:40, 22 March 2024
- Tiamat. The union of Apsu's fresh water with Tiamat's salt water ... between heaven (God) and earth (the salt-water ocean) was inherited by the ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
- history by supplying the majority of the water for the Nile River, providing ... This stretch of the river is considered holy by many Ethiopians and is ...11 KB (1,678 words) - 18:33, 9 March 2023
- Middle Ages, which tied him to Britain and the Holy Grail. ... Arthurian cycle as the first keeper of the Holy Grail. This idea first appears ...19 KB (3,085 words) - 02:14, 11 August 2022
- by the Dominicans as a servant boy at the Holy Rosary Dominican priory in ... Order, racism prevented Martin from taking Holy Orders, since the Dominican ...10 KB (1,693 words) - 15:53, 7 November 2022
- with God through the baptism of the Holy Spirit, as described in the ... of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 07:23, 23 November 2022
- the service, the Kohen Gadol entered the Holy of Holies in the center of ... Temple sages, and was sprinkled with spring water containing ashes of the Red ...20 KB (3,188 words) - 16:40, 4 June 2023
- *American Water Color Society *Societé des Beaux Arts *Chevalier of ... Image:The Holy City.jpg|The Holy City, at Brown Memorial ...12 KB (1,758 words) - 02:52, 4 November 2022
- it is situated at the confluence of the holy rivers Ganga and Yamuna, as ... a magnificent fort on the banks of the holy Sangam, and re-christened ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 13:37, 17 May 2021
- God, or aspects thereof, such as the Holy Spirit. (The study of the ... as: "1. Theology, the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. 2. The doctrine of ...17 KB (2,627 words) - 21:55, 28 October 2020
- ) is a holy Islamic city in Saudi Arabia's Makkah province, in ... of other faiths are forbidden from entering the holy city. ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 03:48, 9 November 2022
- Under the Aghlabids, the fame of the Mosque of Uqba and of the other ... toxic and hazardous waste disposal, water pollution from raw sewage ...17 KB (2,480 words) - 06:50, 28 February 2023
- Crusade to gather (1189) and come to the Holy Land to try to recover Christendom’s ... routes with a fleet on the Red Sea, a water route that Saladin needed ...16 KB (2,458 words) - 00:59, 23 December 2022
- The Sea of Galilee is Israel's major water reservoir. Through ... on the lake's western shore was one of four holy cities. ...16 KB (2,502 words) - 17:32, 25 January 2023
- characterized by impervious soil. Minimum water penetration occurs resulting ... Israel has an extensive water project, designed in order to bring ...13 KB (2,056 words) - 04:27, 11 March 2023
- beliefs. In Hinduism, the Vedas (holy books of the Hindus) include ... healing of their affliction and throw holy water on them. If the person ...20 KB (3,223 words) - 23:55, 24 March 2024
- In the year 1569, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II purchased the Katterburg ... quot;), has its roots in a well from which water was consumed by the royal ...11 KB (1,678 words) - 17:21, 25 January 2023
- who cultivate them. Their festivals and holy days revolve around the cultivation ... of mountainside, the terraces receive water through an ancient irrigation ...12 KB (1,820 words) - 03:26, 17 September 2023
- he sat down beside him, and laid his holy head on his bosom. Meanwhile ... prophecies (II: XLIII), floating a stone in water (I: I), and resurrecting ...21 KB (3,411 words) - 19:21, 22 December 2022
- forms of matter (such as carbon dioxide and water) and energy (heat and light). the main products are carbon dioxide, water vapor, and carbon particles ...16 KB (2,510 words) - 19:51, 26 March 2024
- presence immediately and sprinkled some holy water from His Kamandalu on her ... revived the dead child by sprinkling holy water from the kamandalu on to ...18 KB (2,831 words) - 00:04, 8 December 2022
- * Green (symbolizing water) * Yellow (symbolizing earth) ... * Wilson, Colin. The Atlas of Holy Places and Sacred Sites. New York: ...13 KB (1,933 words) - 20:32, 8 September 2023
- Deadly Sins corresponds to one of the Seven Holy Virtues, and together these ... more than is necessary, especially food or water. Destruction, especially ...16 KB (2,583 words) - 10:07, 26 January 2023
- sword to the lake by throwing it into the water. Bedivere is reluctant to ... words). This prefigures its return into the water. In addition, when Excalibur ...13 KB (2,142 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- when Jesus instituted the tradition of Holy Communion. After the Protestant ... Jerusalem to meet a man carrying a jar of water who would lead them to a ...14 KB (2,247 words) - 15:39, 30 April 2023
- on a five year pilgrimage to all the holy places in India. Following ... persuaded Namdev to go with him to all the holy places on pilgrimage. Namdev ...18 KB (3,150 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- with which the high priest entered the Holy of Holies on the Day of Atonement ... * They opposed the popular festivity of the water libation and the ...13 KB (2,021 words) - 18:35, 22 December 2022
- :and yet the water :never stays :the same. :Foam floats ... Along the west wall I built a shelf for holy water and installed an image ...15 KB (2,445 words) - 02:34, 5 October 2022
- The Bible describes Nazirites being simultaneously "holy unto ... drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother ...20 KB (3,259 words) - 16:00, 11 November 2022
- :"Surely Pascal's own personal belief in masses and holy ... as if it had come, hear a mass, and take holy water. Belief might then follow. ...20 KB (3,286 words) - 08:59, 18 November 2022
- (1680), an imaginary biography, and The Holy War (1682), an allegory. A ... his Differences in Judgement about Water-Baptism no Bar to Communion ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 04:30, 3 August 2022
- Όρος (Ayion Oros or Agion Oros) "Holy Mountain." Its area is ... an ornate marble washstand containing holy water. Within the courtyard, ...27 KB (4,022 words) - 17:04, 10 November 2022
- measures more than 2,200 km², almost all water. Wolchulsan sits at the bottom ... beauty. Koreans considered the site holy, conducting important rituals ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 04:16, 11 March 2023
- Ezekiel identifies the Garden of Eden with the "holy mountain ... :in all my holy mountain; :for the earth shall be full of the knowledge ...19 KB (3,242 words) - 04:30, 18 April 2024
- a scholarship to the College of the Holy Cross and was named an NCAA ... a scholarship offer from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts ...19 KB (2,900 words) - 05:45, 16 November 2023
- was also invoked to protect livestock. Holy wells were visited and it ... Holy wells were also visited at Imbolc, and at the other Gaelic festivals ...20 KB (3,131 words) - 15:26, 4 February 2023
- LDS theology understands that God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the ... enter this kingdom unless they deny the Holy Ghost, a sin it is believed ...28 KB (4,522 words) - 21:59, 10 December 2023
- attraction for devout pilgrims seeking the holy, healing, waters of the Ganges ... Summers, however, are much warmer in the holy city, with temperatures often ...18 KB (2,802 words) - 14:36, 3 May 2023
- Christ and its teaching of the femininity of the Holy Spirit. ... lust and commands the youth to bathe in holy water. They then go to the inn ...27 KB (4,575 words) - 05:44, 15 June 2023
- As is common in all desert environments, usable water is scarce. The ... Herds of gazelles can be found in some open areas near water and vegetation ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- properties, which are associated with water. In modern Hinduism, Sarasvati ... of the Ganges. The tremendous loss of water that resulted from these ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 03:27, 23 December 2022
- Bethlehem over a grotto or cave called the Holy Crypt, which according to ... has sanctified Bethlehem of Judea as the holy birthplace. ...17 KB (2,648 words) - 17:59, 29 September 2023
- The cement caused the stones to sweat and water leaks on the dome. Temporary ... India began a tradition of carving the image of Buddha in stone, holy ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
- the Himalayas, represents one of the most holy of pilgrimage routes in India ... * [http://travelharidwar.blogspot.com/ Haridwar : A holy place in India] ...11 KB (1,617 words) - 01:45, 4 December 2023
- It is one of the most productive bodies of water in the world. It lies off ... word may mean something like "Great Water." It may have also been ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 18:31, 8 December 2023
- the city, ostensibly due to lack of water. Built by Mughal emperor ... a barren land, a land known for a lack of water, for one simple reason. He ...14 KB (2,150 words) - 00:44, 25 March 2024
- thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water." The verses' reference ... before him: "It is precisely these holy souls who awaited their Savior ...14 KB (2,171 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- international commerce. Delos was already a holy sanctuary by the tenth century ... timber, requiring its importation. Limited water was exploited with an extensive ...9 KB (1,335 words) - 09:22, 28 January 2024
- adults live on or near the bottom of the water and prefer water temperatures ... Externally fertilized in the deep water, the eggs are free-floating ...23 KB (3,573 words) - 13:25, 24 January 2023
- , where, speaking figuratively, he said of water that had been obtained ... the substance of his blood. This change the holy Catholic Church has fittingly ...30 KB (4,681 words) - 02:14, 2 May 2023
- America dates back to 1534, when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and king of ... An all-water route between the oceans was still seen as the ideal ...22 KB (3,431 words) - 11:11, 11 March 2023
- Wall," that is one of Judaism's most holy sites. ... Solomon also provided for a sufficient water supply for the Temple ...30 KB (4,700 words) - 05:38, 27 February 2023
- He divined the future by pouring water into a cup, throwing little ... with includes invoking the name of the Holy Spirit and praying in the ...16 KB (2,402 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2024
- the infirm lay awaiting the moving of the water, for "an angel of the ... from Enoch 20) and numbered among the ten holy sefiroth. Furthermore, Raphael ...11 KB (1,746 words) - 05:15, 17 July 2022
- his travels in Egypt, Arabia, and the Holy Land, he observed the methods ... Teutonic Knights and had campaigned in the Holy Lands. His father, Wilhelm ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 07:39, 18 November 2022
- to convert to Islam through jihads, or holy wars. In continuing religious ... production, settlement building, and water conservation. ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 14:26, 3 December 2023
- observers looked like a bubble floating on water: Latin bullire, "to ... annually between 1363 and 1770 at first on Holy Thursday, and later on Easter ...15 KB (2,289 words) - 07:29, 18 November 2022
- Elemental symbols were widely used by the early Christian church. ... symbols include the dove (symbolic of the Holy Spirit), the sacrificial lamb ...18 KB (2,807 words) - 21:08, 10 December 2023
- documentaries and bestselling books such as Holy Blood Holy Grail and the fiction ... figures was of a devil holding up the holy water stoup (rare, but other ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 16:42, 24 February 2023
- " are mentioned alongside the "holy ones" in the Book of ... the four elements: Earth, air, fire, and water. They are also linked to ...12 KB (1,932 words) - 20:02, 31 January 2023
- of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost" in “living water” ... ::We thank thee, our Father, for the holy vine of David Thy servant ...25 KB (3,964 words) - 14:24, 29 January 2024
- despite the installation of a waste water treatment facility nearby ... despite the installation of a waste water treatment facility nearby ...19 KB (2,767 words) - 00:36, 9 January 2023
- flow of the Ganges, diverting some of the water into a feeder canal linking ... Haridwar and Kashi. People carry sacred water from the Ganges that is sealed ...23 KB (3,460 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- churches, palm fronds are blessed with holy water outside the church building ... Jerusalem," and is the beginning of Holy Week. The day before it is ...17 KB (2,712 words) - 06:25, 18 November 2022
- *In Greek Orthodox Christian mysticism, the number 5 symbolizes the ... Shia Islam, the Panjetan or the Five Holy Purified Ones are the members ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- the only part of the city not surrounded by water. His army encamped outside ... Other Turkish tunnels were flooded with water. Eventually, the Byzantines ...20 KB (3,140 words) - 17:55, 16 May 2020
- , Erlik (god of the underground world), Water, Fire, Sun, Moon, Star, Air ... Tengri, Yer-Sub, Umai, Erlik, Earth, Water, Fire, Sun, Moon, Star, Air ...26 KB (4,249 words) - 06:07, 27 February 2023
- way of life, even abstaining from drinking water…; for he asked for a bit ... that “for these two women, to gaze at holy people or holy places was ...22 KB (3,506 words) - 20:42, 21 April 2023
- the miraculous ability of transmitting the Holy Spirit through the laying ... prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit ...29 KB (4,732 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- important for Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan and for Christians ... first day, then refrains from both food and water on the second. Although seemingly ...36 KB (5,745 words) - 00:43, 25 March 2024
- The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world ... This partially landlocked body of water, an indentation in the southeastern ...19 KB (2,915 words) - 08:28, 8 January 2024
- houses were built, many roads were paved, a water reservoir was built at Gefarsa ... health centers, and hospitals; policing, water supply and infrastructure ...20 KB (2,986 words) - 05:49, 15 June 2023
- Latin: "sanctus" meaning "holy" or "consecrated ... way of life, even abstaining from drinking water…; for he asked for a bit ...11 KB (1,740 words) - 00:48, 23 December 2022
- Churches he is revered as one of the Three Holy Hierarchs, along with Basil ... horse-stop on the main road...devoid of water, vegetation, or the company ...32 KB (4,920 words) - 17:26, 17 February 2023
- The first water fountain built on the plaza was constructed by the ... one of the Catholic Church's Fourteen Holy Helpers, is completely ornate ...19 KB (3,062 words) - 21:54, 31 January 2024
- Enki was the god of water, crafts, intelligence, and creation. He ... In Sumerian, "E-A" means "the house of water," ...18 KB (3,043 words) - 08:34, 5 February 2022
- wing of the Ottoman fleet that defeated the Holy League under the command of ... Rapallo, later replenishing his ships with water and other supplies at San ...33 KB (5,326 words) - 18:45, 6 November 2022
- where he might attain to the desire of his holy purpose." His exact age ... who lived there a convenient source of water. Like the prophet Elisha ...20 KB (3,232 words) - 09:12, 27 September 2023
- Originally, the Crusades were Christian Holy Wars to recapture Jerusalem ... at restoring Christian sovereignty over the Holy Land. The Crusades initially ...33 KB (5,138 words) - 15:34, 30 April 2023
- in the Ganges River, or baptism with holy water. The ancient Greeks had ... bird was dipped in the blood mingled with water and the leper sprinkled with ...14 KB (2,260 words) - 00:10, 1 December 2023
- the Hagia Sophia. They also built bridges and water-ways. ... Her body was buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles, one of the splendid ...8 KB (1,261 words) - 02:27, 19 April 2023
- Bishop of Rome (Pope) at a time when the Holy See is vacant (usually due ... that were under eighty on the day that the Holy See became vacant would be ...41 KB (6,415 words) - 11:21, 11 March 2023
- Holy wells were often visited at Beltane, as well as at the other ... implements of husbandry, the first well water, and the herb vervain (or ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 08:55, 27 September 2023
