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Funeral
(5,173 words)
1. General In human life the funeral is the ritual by which a society, clan, or family reconstitutes itself after the death of a member. It is the rite of passage in which a community marks and sometimes actually effects the transition both of a living person to the realm of the dead and of bereaved persons through mourning to reestablished life. The funeral accomplishes the reintegration of the affected group by dramatizing the positive and negative elements in death and in this specific dead per…
Vicarage/Parsonage
(669 words)
[German Version] The vicarage or parsonage, an original invention of modern Protestantism, is a religious institution separate from the organizational structure of the church, rooted in private life and indissolubly linked with the pastoral profession. The symbiosis of cultural religion and family piety, of professional work and private life characteristic of bourgeois life takes on practical embodiment in the vicarage; at the same time, the vicarage owes its great importance in the culture of mod…
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Religion Past and Present
Marriage Ceremonies
(4,074 words)
[German Version] I. History of Religion – II. Church History – III. Practical Theology – IV. Liturgics – V. Law – VI. Orthodox Church – VII. Judaism – VIII. Islam
I. History of Religion In Christendom marriage was considered a secular act until well into the Middle Ages, before it was declared a sacrament in 1184. Many religions view marriage as a religious duty, and nuptial rites (Rites of passage; see III below) often have sacral character, but civil marriages are also obligatory in certain countries. Regulations gover…
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Religion Past and Present
Authority
(2,384 words)
[German Version] I. Comparative Religion – II. History and Theology – III. Practical Theology
I. Religious Studies …
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Religion Past and Present
Calendar
(3,500 words)
[German Version] I. General – II. Jewish Calendar – III. Christian Calendar – IV. Islamic Calendar – V. Liturgical Calendar
I. General
1. The term calendar derives from the Roman “calendae,” the day on which a new month was proclaimed. It designates the structuring and hence the consequent mediation of time, i.e. records in pictorial and literary media to communicate structures of time. Calendars are concrete translations of chronologies. The performance of activities to be collectively coordinated must be regulated in the various arenas of human life: for example, in everyday life (…
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Religion Past and Present
Mitre
(219 words)
[German Version] The mitre is worn today by bishops and abbots as one of their liturgical marks of office. A bishop wears it when seated, delivering a homily, salutation, or address, when he pronounces a solemn blessing, during sacramental gestures, and in processions. During any liturgical celebration, he wears only a single mitre, which may be simple or ornate, depending on the rank of feast (
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Religion Past and Present
Trauung
(3,649 words)
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I. Religionsgeschichtlich Das Wort »T.« bzw. »trauen« wird im dt. Sprachraum seit dem 13.Jh. auch im Sinne von »anvertrauen«, »ehelich verbinden«, urspr. »dem Manne zur Frau geben« verwendet. Im christl. Kontext wurde die Vermählung bis ins MA als weltl. Akt betrachtet, bevor die Ehe zum Sakrament erklärt wurde (1184). In vielen Rel. wird die Ehe als rel. Pflicht angesehen, und die Hochzeitsriten (rite de passage/rite de confirmation; s.u. III.) haben häufig einen geheiligten Char…
Pfarrhaus
(601 words)
[English Version] . Das ev. P., eine originäre Produktion des neuzeitlichen Protestantismus, stellt eine gegenüber der kirchl. Verbandsorganisation eigenständige, in der privaten Lebenssphäre verankerte und mit dem Pfarrberuf untrennbar verbundene rel. Institution dar. Gewinnt die für die bürgerliche Lebensform charakteristische Symbiose von Kulturrel. und Familienfrömmigkeit,…
Sakramentalien
(634 words)
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I. AllgemeinWährend bis in die 1. Hälfte des 12.Jh. mit »sacramentum« jegliches liturgische Handeln der Kirche bez. werden konnte, wird in der westlichen Theol. seit der Frühscholastik (in der röm.-kath. Kirche) unterschieden zw. den sieben Sakramenten und allen anderen gottesdienstlichen Vollzügen und Zeichen, die unter dem Begriff S. zusammengefaßt werden. Wenngleich die S. wie auch die Sakramente sichtbare Zeichen der unsichtbaren Gnade sind, besteht ein qualitativer Unterschied darin, daß die Sakramente…