The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1992 page)
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Repentance:
Reproaches
Reprobation:
Requiem
(Lat., ‘rest’). A
mass
offered for the dead. The opening words of the
introit
, which until recently began all such masses in the Roman rite, are: Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine (‘Lord, grant them eternal rest’). The 1970
missal
embodies a complete revision of these masses, and many of their previously distinctive characteristics, e.g. the requirement of black
vestments
, have disappeared.
mass
offered for the dead. The opening words of the
introit
, which until recently began all such masses in the Roman rite, are: Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine (‘Lord, grant them eternal rest’). The 1970
missal
embodies a complete revision of these masses, and many of their previously distinctive characteristics, e.g. the requirement of black
vestments
, have disappeared.
Rerum Novarum
.
.
Papal
encyclical
issued on 15 May 1891, ‘On the Condition of the Working Classes’. It represents the response of
Leo XIII
to problems created by the Industrial Revolution, and formulates a doctrine of work, profit, industrial relationships, social justice, and the necessity of a proper wage. A principal aim was ‘to keep under all strife and all its causes’.
encyclical
issued on 15 May 1891, ‘On the Condition of the Working Classes’. It represents the response of
Leo XIII
to problems created by the Industrial Revolution, and formulates a doctrine of work, profit, industrial relationships, social justice, and the necessity of a proper wage. A principal aim was ‘to keep under all strife and all its causes’.
Reserved sacrament
.
.
Bread (occasionally wine) consecrated at the Christian
eucharist
and kept for devotion (see
BENEDICTION
) and for
communion
, especially for the sick. The practice is similar in the
Orthodox Church
, except that the reserved sacrament consists of the host with a drop of consecrated wine on it, and there are no extra-liturgical devotions.
eucharist
and kept for devotion (see
BENEDICTION
) and for
communion
, especially for the sick. The practice is similar in the
Orthodox Church
, except that the reserved sacrament consists of the host with a drop of consecrated wine on it, and there are no extra-liturgical devotions.
Resh Kallah
.
.
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