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Name Day
(339 words)
[German Version] The name has special significance for human beings, whether or not this means “pre-signification” in the sense of predestiny. In any event, parents generally pay great attention to the choice of their children's names. Therefore, in some predominantly Catholic regions the name day is celebrated rather than the birthday. In early Christianity men and women retained their original names even after baptism. A formal demand for parents to name their children after saints is found c. 288 in John Chrysostom. This may have led in the E…
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Religion Past and Present
Easter
(5,925 words)
[German Version] I. Terminology – II. Church History – III. Liturgy – IV. Customs and Traditions – V. Homiletics and Education – VI. Art History
I. Terminology
Easter (cf. Ger.
Ostern) is the English word for the feast of Jesus Christ's resurrection (II). The name in other Germanic and Romance languages derives instead from Gk πάσχα/
páscha (Aram. פַּסְחָא/
pascha' or פִּסְחָא/
pischa' for Heb. פֶּסַח/
pesah. [from פסח/
psh., “limp/go past”, etymology not entirely clear]; Lat. as
pascha or
passa), for example,
Påske (Danish and Norwegian),
Pasen (Dutch),
Påsk (Swedish),
Pasqua (…
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Religion Past and Present
Worship
(20,376 words)
[German Version]
I. Terminology The German word
Gottesdienst (“worship,” lit. “service of God”) is attested since the 13th/14th century as a German translation of Latin
cultus (Cult/Worship). It came into common use in the 16th century, especially in Luther’s works. Starting with an ethical understanding of the word, Luther himself used it as a technical term for the common celebration of the Word of God, as it evolved from the evangelical reform of the Catholic sacrifice (IV) of the mass. For centuries the term
Gottesdienst remained limited to this specific form of worship of …
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Religion Past and Present