Search results for "Devotion" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • the development of capitalism. Religious devotion had usually been accompanied ... than as a result of pure religious devotion. According to Weber, the ...
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  • Marcello's Didone. Because of his devotion to these older figures and their styles of composing, it is tempting to see him as a typical ...
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  • Josiah as the greatest of all kings in his devotion to God: Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned to the LORD as ...
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  • through regular spiritual practices with full devotion of heart, mind and body; #To uphold and live according to the highest moral and ethical ...
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  • in any anthropomorphic form for the sake of devotion. The devas are functionally equivalent of angels who serve God in the Jewish and Christian ...
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  • of the essentially monotheistic bhakti (loving devotion) movement. The rise of scriptures called the Puranas, focused on particular gods such as Shiva ...
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  • Historically, trees and stones have been objects of devotion in Japan. Originally, shrines did not have any buildings; instead a tree, forest ...
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  • This is a fundamental expression of mutual human devotion between parents and their offspring. For parents, inheritance is the opportunity of leaving ...
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  • Still, Cauchy's great contributions to mathematics, and his devotion to teaching as reflected in his important treatises, render trivial ...
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  • (Bab. Talmud, Gittin 57a-58b). The absolute devotion of the rebels to their leader and his cause resulted in very few of them surrendering, and in ...
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  • serenity that all Seon monks seek in their devotion. ==History of Tongdosa== The founder of Tongdosa, Master Jajang, traveled to China in 636 ...
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  • demands reliability of response and strict devotion to regulations. (2) Such devotion to the rules leads to their transformation into absolutes; they ...
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  • people when they witnessed his self-denying devotion during a time of a great plague and famine. He comforted his brethren by writing his De mortalitate ...
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  • nothing of truth by all possible devotion to poetry and beauty." Cameron was noted for great enthusiasm, passion, and even obsessiveness ...
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  • between man and wife: "I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the desert, through a land not ...
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  • * (Spenta) Armaiti, translated as "(Holy) Piety," "Devotion," or "Serenity," * Ameretat, translated as "Immortality ...
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  • realized master: he demonstrated unswerving devotion to Shiva; possessed the mantra-siddhi or power of mantras; had control over the elements; was capable ...
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  • his brother as a rejection of his loyalty and devotion to the Father. Yet, because he cannot share in the Father's joy over the return of the ...
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  • humble clothing, and was deeply impressed by the devotion with which he preached and said Mass. [[Image:Abbazia di Corazzo, Calabria.jpg|thumb ...
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  • The Acts of Paul and Thecla is a story of Saint Paul's influence on a young virgin named Thecla, whose devotion is rewarded by miraculous ...
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