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Entrance to the area behind the screen , where the altar is located , is permitted only to \u003cb\u003epriests\u003c/b\u003e . 4 THE LORD\u0026#39;S HOUSE 79 The rose window in the. 78 CHRISTIANITY : SACRED SPACE."},{"page_id":"PA79","page_number":"79","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriest\u003c/b\u003e . The pulpit is an elevated stone or wooden dais used for scripture readings and sermons . In Protestant churches , where the reading of scripture is central to the service , the pulpit may be in a very prominent position . Pews\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA82","page_number":"82","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriests\u003c/b\u003e , daily ritual includes an obligation to chant the \u0026quot; Divine Office , \u0026quot; which involves a series of communal ... \u003cb\u003epriest\u003c/b\u003e . This mystery of LITURGY , SACRAMENTS , AND FESTIVALS faith is called \u0026quot;. 82 22 CHRISTIANITY : SACRED TIME."},{"page_id":"PA83","page_number":"83","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriestly\u003c/b\u003e powers ) ; and extreme unction ( anointing of the sick and dying ) . Both traditions hold that the ... \u003cb\u003epriest\u003c/b\u003e at the conclusion of the service . Rituals associated with the Lord\u0026#39;s Day primarily remem- ber and celebrate\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA85","page_number":"85","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriests\u003c/b\u003e com- bined an indigenous pre - Hispanic religious festival of the dead with All Souls \u0026#39; Day to produce the famous \u0026quot; Mexican Day of the Dead . \u0026quot; As in many parts of Europe , Christians visit the graves of their deceased relatives\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA86","page_number":"86","snippet_text":"... . In the twentieth century , bitter disagreements have continued to pit Christian groups against one another . Many interdenominational CHURCH , STATE , AND COMMUNITY 87 Anglican women \u003cb\u003epriests\u003c/b\u003e. 86 CHRISTIANITY : SOCIETY AND RELIGION."},{"page_id":"PA87","page_number":"87","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriests\u003c/b\u003e , while Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy remain firmly opposed . conflicts date back to the Reformation or , like the Roman Catholic- Orthodox clash in the former Yugoslavia , even further . The policies of segregation in the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA131","page_number":"131","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriests\u003c/b\u003e who also supervised the making of altars and the recitation of hymns . Many sac- rifices involved the use of soma , an intoxicating liquid . Vedic religion perceived a delicate connection between the performance of rituals and\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA132","page_number":"132","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriestly\u003c/b\u003e caste ( the brahmins ) , the caste system itself , and the status of the Vedas ( see side- bar , left ) . The Upanishads seek liberation from the cycle of life and death and introduced the notion of immortality as reality . The\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA155","page_number":"155","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriests\u003c/b\u003e and other initiates . To the devotee , the most meaningful part of temple worship is the experience of ... \u003cb\u003epriest\u003c/b\u003e or one of the worshippers will light a piece of camphor in a plate , and sanctify it by waving it clockwise\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA158","page_number":"158","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriestly\u003c/b\u003e class , from his arms , the rulers . The producers came from his legs ; from his feet came the ser ... \u003cb\u003epriests\u003c/b\u003e ( brahmins ) , the rulers and warriors ( kshatriyas ) , the merchants and producers ( vaishyas ) , and the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA169","page_number":"169","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriestly\u003c/b\u003e caste ) called Jujaka asked for Vessantara\u0026#39;s children as slaves . The prince happily consented . Fearing that Vessantara would even give away his wife , the god Sakka assumed human form and asked for her . Vessantara handed her\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA175","page_number":"175","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003ePRIEST\u003c/b\u003e - KINGS OF TIBET The title Dalai Lama ( literally \u0026quot; Ocean Teacher , \u0026quot; the first word presumably meaning ... \u003cb\u003epriestly\u003c/b\u003e rulers of Tibet until 1950 . The bust of a bodhisattva from Gandhara . In Mahayana."},{"page_id":"PA191","page_number":"191","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriests\u003c/b\u003e to perform their funerals , and family ties with particular temples are often reinforced by yearly acts of offering and remembrance in honor of the deceased . In southeast Asia , funerals frequently last for several days and\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA207","page_number":"207","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriests\u003c/b\u003e is to conduct ritu- als rather than explain doctrine to the masses . They are brought in to per- form particular ceremonies at temples run by neighborhood organizations and are not permanently affiliated to temples of the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA211","page_number":"211","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriests\u003c/b\u003e in liturgies of cosmic renewal . In Confucian thought , the expression of the Ultimate is \u0026quot; Heaven \u0026quot; itself ( Tian ) . Before Confucius , in the Shang and Zhou dynasties , the high gods called the Lord on High ( Shang Di ) and\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA213","page_number":"213","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriests\u003c/b\u003e and adepts in min- istering to others or in their own quest for enlightenment and longevity . Chinese Buddhist scriptures reflect the effort to adapt the foreign tra- dition of Buddhism to a very different context . The first\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA220","page_number":"220","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriests\u003c/b\u003e , are hired to perform special ceremonies . The temple community often includes spirit - mediums who write or speak on behalf of a particular deity , and exorcists . Temples also function as com- munity centers . They may be a\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA232","page_number":"232","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriests\u003c/b\u003e to propitiate the ghosts . The \u003cb\u003epriests\u003c/b\u003e exhort the ghosts to repent and enter the Buddhist Pure Land . Ghosts who do not repent are sent back to Hell after the ceremony to continue their sufferings . The food offerings presented\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA244","page_number":"244","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriest\u003c/b\u003e and a founder of the Jesuit order , arrived in Japan at the head of a Christian mission , just four years after the visit of the first Portuguese mer- chant ships . The new reli- gion was supported , at least implicitly , by the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA245","page_number":"245","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epriests\u003c/b\u003e to suspect that mappo , the Mahayana Buddhist \u0026quot; age of chaos \u0026quot; ( see pp.266-7 ) , had come . 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