Search
Your search for 'dc_creator:( "Bechmann, Hendrik" ) OR dc_contributor:( "Bechmann, Hendrik" )' returned 2 results. Modify search
Did you mean: dc_creator:( "bechmann, hendrik" ) OR dc_contributor:( "bechmann, hendrik" )Sort Results by Relevance | Newest titles first | Oldest titles first
Order/Brotherhoods
(618 words)
Concept 1. The term ‘religious order’ (from Lat.,
ordo) denotes a union of women or men in a community that obligates itself, most commonly according to determinate rules, to live together permanently or for a given time, and usually under a superior. Shutting out familial or societal areas, they devote themselves primarily to religious activities. The order community here functions as a second family, which is often made clear by the adoption of a new name. As they constitute a sign that is visible to …
Source:
The Brill Dictionary of Religion
Prophet
(1,286 words)
Concept 1. Etymologically, the term ‘prophet,’ with its basic meaning of ‘proclaimer,’ ‘speaker’—in the sense of the agent of a public declaration—is derived from the Greek
prophétes. The Greek concept is divided functionally: (1) The prophetess or prophet receives a communication which is unintelligible to the ordinary person, (2) and which is explained by official interpreters, as in the Delphic speech oracle of the Pythia. In Plato (Timaeus), as in the Bible (1 Sam 9:9), there is still an explicit distinction between …
Source:
The Brill Dictionary of Religion