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21Wake play — Wake Wake, n. 1. The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake. [Obs. or Poetic] [1913 Webster] Making such difference twixt wake and sleep. Shak. [1913 Webster] Singing her flatteries to my morning wake. Dryden. [1913… …
22Richard Whatcoat — (February 23, 1736 ndash; July 4, 1806), was the third Bishop of the American Methodist Episcopal Church. HistoryWhatcoat was born in Gloucestershire, England and, although reared in the Church of England, became a Methodist at age 22. He was a… …
23Liturgy of the Hours — in a monastery of Carthusian nuns. This article refers to the Liturgy of the Hours as a specific manifestation of the public prayer of the Catholic Church. For its application in other communions, see canonical hours. The Liturgy of the Hours… …
24Excommunication — • Exclusion from the communion, the principal and severest censure, is a medicinal, spiritual penalty that deprives the guilty Christian of all participation in the common blessings of ecclesiastical society Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …
25Lights — • Article concerned with the general aspects and in particular with the charge so often levelled against Catholicism of adopting wholesale the ceremonial practices of the pagan world Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lights Ligh …
26Sacrifice — • This term is identical with the English offering (Latin offerre) and the German Opfer Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sacrifice Sacrifice …
27Ecclesiastical Feasts — Ecclesiastical Feasts † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Feasts (Lat. Festum; Gr. heorte). Feast Days, or Holy Days, are days which are celebrated in commemoration of the sacred mysteries and events recorded in the history… …
28Ritual of Marriage — Ritual of Marriage † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ritual of Marriage The form for the celebration of the Sacrament of Matrimony, as it stands in the Rituale Romanum of the present day, is remarkably simple. It consists of the following… …
