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| The bread and wine for taking communion |
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| Lifting the elements for the eucharist |
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| January 6th feast celebrating the "revealing" of Jesus- His birth, the visit of the Magi, and His miracle at Cana; later merged into Christmas season |
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| A letter to a church from one of the Apostles or Paul, usually read second in the customary three part reading of the old testament, Epistles, and Gospels |
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| Referring to the last days or end times |
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| Worship that is focused on the Gospel or being "born again" |
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| The evening service in the daily office also called vespers |
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| Roman Catholic last rites |
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| The rite of breaking bread in the Eucharist |
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| movement centered on the spirituality of worship: frees up worship from signs, symbols, and bodily postures, simplifying it |
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| Bowing toward the altar upon arrival or departure at worship |
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| The first four books of the New testament; Mathew Mark Luke and John; |
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| "glory be to the father, and to the son, and to the holy spirit, world without end, amen" |
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| Christian holiday celebrating the day on which Jesus Christ was Crucified |
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| "great week" of easter week, palm sunday to easter sunday |
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| a short sermon, usually contains only one point |
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| a song of praise to God, not taken directly from scripture |
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| attitude to those who seek the destruction of images used for worship |
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| paintings or artistic objects of devotion, especially used for worship in the Eastern Church |
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| prayer that God will open the scriptures to the hearers |
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| the dipping of the bread into the cup for the eucharist |
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| a song used during the entrance of the minister or priest |
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| the opening prayer invoking God's presence in worship |
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| preaching; greek word that means "proclamation" |
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| greek for "lord have mercy" |
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| a reading podium where scriptural passages are read during worship |
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| a year's schedule of scripture passages to read during worship |
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| the forty weekdays from ash wednesday until easter |
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| a liturgical prayer recited by a leader with alternating fixed responses by the congregation |
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| a formula for public worship; the usual order of worship |
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| the first word in Latin of Mary's psalm of praise and thus the title of the psalm " my soul does magnify the lord" |
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| the set form of worship in catholic churches, including scripture and eucharist |
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| the thursday of holy week; commenorates Jesus' last supper |
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| a God ordained channel through which God's grace is made known |
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| a handbook used by worshipers for saying mass |
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| a style of unexplained, almost eerie worship that was especially prevalent in the middle ages and has returned |
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| the entrance hall leading to the nave of a church |
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| the main or central part of a church building where the people sit between the aisles, rear wall and choir area |
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| Latin "now dismiss" simeons song when he greeted the baby Jesus |
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| a selection of music played or sung during the collection fo the offering |
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| a worship practice or rite done as a part of worship |
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| usually refers to the eastern orthodox church of christianity; also refers to straigh or conventional doctrine |
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| the cloth used to cover a coffin at a funeral |
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| the sunday before easter; commemorates Jesus' entry into jerusalem |
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| the "greeting" with which members of the congregation, inclucing clergy, greet one another; one says, "peace be with you" and the other replies, "and also with you" |
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| the chpaters of the synoptic gospels that tell the events of Jesus' betrayal, arrest, and death on the cross |
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| a metal or ceramic on which bread for the eucharist is placed after the server or member of the congregation presents it |
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| Latin for "our father" begins teh Lord's prayer |
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| teaching worship; stresses preaching as the dominant part of worship |
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| the seventh sunday after easter, it celebrates the descent of the holy spirit upon the apostles |
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| the closing peice of music in a church service |
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| the opening piece of music before the begining of the service |
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| a song from the OT book of psalms |
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| a collection of psalms of liturgical or devotional use |
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| an elevated platform of table/desk used for preaching |
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| sacred things preserved and sometimes venerated for their memory or magical effect; such as body parts of a great saint |
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| a reading usually of scripture, that is read back and forth by leader and audience |
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| a set procedure for church ceremonies such as funerals, weddings, communion, or baptism |
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| the seperation screen of fence between the chancel and the nave distinguishing the proper places for the clergy and the laity |
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| a rite ordained by christ, held as a "means of grace" |
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| ancient christian hymn of adoration, sung immediatley before the prayer of consecration |
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| a service designed to create a nonthreatening environment for the nonbeliever; usually leads to the removal of signs, symbols, and anything that might confuse |
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| Latin for "always reforming" the church is in a continual state of reforming and change |
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| A jewish confession of faith that affirms monotheism |
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| christian gestures with deeper meanings that are used as confessions of faith |
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| a local Jewish congregations place of worship |
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| Jewish literature and teaching for living as a Jew; it contains both text and commentary and stems for Jewish oral law |
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| celebrating a service in the dark usually latter in the easter week to commemorate jesus' suffering |
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| the two "arms" of the church when the design is in the shape of a cross |
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| roman catholic doctrine that the elements in the eucharist literally become the blood and body of christ though not in appearance |
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| a term for annointing, originally in the ritual of baptism, but also for confirmation and holy orders |
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| eveing service in the daily office also called even song |
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| liturgical outer dress in "high church" worship |
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| an all night "waiting" or "looking for " service held before certain feasts, festivals, of special events |
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| an all night gathering for prayer and praise started by methodists who were looking for saturday night alternatives to drinking; later popularized in the USA as a substitute New Year's Eve celebration |
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| the english term for pentecost derived from the white robes worn by those newly baptized on that day |
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| early church services consisting of two parts; scripture and the Lord's table |
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| an early church common meal that ends with the eucharist |
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| a remission of sins pronounced by a priest |
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| a season of anticipation the four sundays before christmas |
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| a liturgical prayer addressed to Christ as the lamb of God |
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| an invitation to come forward adn pray to recieve or renew one's commitment to Christ |
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| a song of thanksgiving or praise from hebrew "praise the lord" |
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| to apply oil as a sacred rite especially for consecration or healing |
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| a song of praise sung in parts |
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| describes singing responsively back and forth, usually on alternating verses of a hymn |
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| Affirmation of faith inteneded to summarized the core teachings of the apostles |
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| having the authority of the fathers of the church |
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| The final action of Christ's early life, His return to heaven |
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| "hail mary" a common prayer in roman catholic worship |
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| a blessing pronounced on God's behalf usually at the close of a service |
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| the application of water to a person as a sacrament or religious ceremony usually to demonstrate induction into the church |
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| an invitation to set aside other concerns to focus on God, usually at teh begining of a service. |
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| a trained reader of scriptures in the jewish synagogue and later in the church, an ordained position in the eastern church. |
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| a new convert to christianity, in training |
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| a service that includes the act of a baptism |
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| systematic lessons in christian doctrine used to train individuals for baptism, later leading to confirmation |
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| means the "universal church" |
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| one who celebrates or officiates at the eucharist |
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| a scriptural hymn or chant sung in church from books of the bible other than psalms |
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| a pool or basin or part of a church used for baptism |
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| singing without acompaniment |
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| the system of government where the "people" rule instead of a religious hierachy |
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| the sactified oil used in special annointing |
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| the part of the world in which christianity prevails and there is a culture that is pervasively christian in its elements |
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| a religious group that stresses direct divine inspiration throughout their worship service |
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| the part of a hymn sung repeatedly |
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| communion rite closed to non members of that particular denomination |
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| prayer of illumination, that God would open our ears to the scripture |
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| the final evening service of the schedule of daily services |
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| eucharist, The lord's supper |
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| the gravesite service committing the body to the ground as the final rite in a funeral |
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| ceremony administered to baptized persons that admits them to full communion with a church |
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| making something sacred, such as the commuion elements |
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