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Sacred Actions In The Life Of The Christian Community
Source: The Complete Library of Christian Worship, Robert E. Webber, General Editor
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Chapters & Articles in Sacred Actions In The Life Of The Christian Community (5)
Section 1
Ordination And Commissioning
From the beginning, Christians have set apart (consecrated) leaders by invoking the Holy Spirit through prayer and …
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Section 2
Anointing Of The Sick
Anointing with oil is an act of trust and dependence on God. Throughout the history of the church, anointing has be…
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Section 3
Footwashing
A connection between footwashing and the Lord's Supper has survived both in the liturgical church's Maundy Thursday…
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Section 4
The Solemn Assembly
Fasting and prayer have been marks of repentance for Jews and Christians for millennia. Wednesdays and Fridays were…
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Section 5
Reconciliation
The following entries deal primarily with the history of the sacrament of reconciliation in the West and, after the…
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