Search results for "Devotion" - New World Encyclopedia
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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 ...15 KB (2,334 words) - 05:43, 15 June 2023
- This resulted from the caliph's personal devotion to studying as-Sunna. Also during his reign, Al-Mutawakkil met the famous Byzantine theologian ...13 KB (2,047 words) - 04:19, 17 June 2023
- fickle French girls of loose morals and little devotion. The "Verschiedene" poems earned Heine a significant degree of scorn, though they ...13 KB (2,100 words) - 09:30, 25 June 2024
- worship. Cyrus accomplishes this by his personal devotion to Marduk and by restoring the other gods to their temples and putting an end to forced labor ...15 KB (2,435 words) - 02:16, 6 July 2023
- concept defined by Max Weber as "resting on devotion to the exceptional sanctity, heroism or exemplary character of an individual person, and of ...16 KB (2,186 words) - 01:46, 4 December 2023
- (eds.) (2004). Images of Cult and Devotion: Function and Reception ... Kaspersen (eds.). Images of Cult and Devotion: Function and Reception ...27 KB (4,366 words) - 02:39, 1 December 2023
- for ascendancy in the inevitable regency. The devotion of a squire of his household, who carried him on the pommel of his saddle to the stronghold ...13 KB (2,041 words) - 06:52, 20 July 2023
- There is widespread devotion to Brigid in Ireland, where she is known as the "Mary of the Gael" and her cult was brought to Europe ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:07, 20 November 2023
- by meditation, control of the senses, devotion, herbs, mantras, pranayama, or good birth. Krishna states that: "For a sage who has conquered ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 20:06, 21 April 2023
- who joined the party in 1935, acted out of devotion to the Chinese socialist movement. Some in the West, however, have been highly skeptical of this ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 02:42, 16 November 2022
- Perwara had been offered to the king as a sign of devotion. The Perwara configure in four rows around the central temples, possibly signifying the four ...15 KB (2,259 words) - 22:14, 30 November 2022
- Enchin. A third branch, the Shinsei, emphasized devotion to the Amida Buddha. The school is also known as the Fa-hua (Japanese: Hokke), or Lotus ...15 KB (2,260 words) - 05:41, 27 February 2023
- to mind the traditions of La Rochefoucauld's devotion to the romances of chivalry. The maxims are never shallow; each is the text for a whole sermon ...14 KB (2,358 words) - 05:00, 9 April 2024
- all over the world. His unparalleled devotion to the sacred cause of humanity in general, and the unclouded halo of a spotless integrity which ...14 KB (2,182 words) - 16:59, 10 November 2022
- concluded he had accomplished complete devotion to God (Ahura Mazda) and ... Dominion"), Spenta Armaiti ("Devotion"), Haurvatat ("Wholeness ...42 KB (6,394 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
- of language, married to his adherent devotion to form. Browning's use of regular meter is strict, at times almost monotonous, but in doing ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 03:13, 15 December 2022
- His incorruptible character, combined with his complete devotion to the cause, gained him swift recognition and the nickname "Iron Felix." ...15 KB (2,094 words) - 01:59, 26 March 2024
- an alternative, teaching Yoga and devotion that anyone could practice, regardless of class or caste. Some date Bhagavata Gita from this period ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:32, 26 February 2023
- by strict simplicity and earnest devotion. In 1210, suspicious of their growing popularity, Pope Innocent III forbade clergy to act in public ...17 KB (2,612 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
- a Turban is viewed as sign of respect, honour, and devotion in the presence of God's creation. ===Zoroastrian=== The black satin head gear ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
