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Chos drug
(Kagyu teaching)
:
(Kagyu teaching)
:
RO CHOS DRUG
Chosen people
.
.
A designation for the Jewish people, though also used of groups or people in other religions who have a strong sense of election. Despite the Christian claim that the Jews had forfeited the right to be the true Israel, through centuries of persecution the idea of election persisted. The doctrine of chosenness has been caricatured by
anti-Semites
, who argued that it was the basis of the world conspiracy for Jewish domination. In the 19th and 20th cents., many Jews have become uneasy with the concept, and the
Reconstructionists
in particular have eliminated all references to it in their liturgy.
anti-Semites
, who argued that it was the basis of the world conspiracy for Jewish domination. In the 19th and 20th cents., many Jews have become uneasy with the concept, and the
Reconstructionists
in particular have eliminated all references to it in their liturgy.
Chöten
:
:
Chou
.
.
Chou Tun-(y)i,
also Chou Lien-ch’i
also Chou Lien-ch’i
(1017–73).
Neo-Confucian
scholar, who reordered Confucian cosmogony. Creating a sequential process from
t’ai-chi
, he accounted for the proliferation of appearance from one unproduced producer.
Neo-Confucian
scholar, who reordered Confucian cosmogony. Creating a sequential process from
t’ai-chi
, he accounted for the proliferation of appearance from one unproduced producer.
Chrism
(Gk.,
chrisma
, from
chri
, ‘anoint’). A mixture of olive oil and balsam used in Catholic and (with other ingredients, including wine, nuts, and gum) Orthodox churches. It is used in anointings at
baptism
,
confirmation
, and
ordination
, and at other consecrations (but not in the anointing of the sick: see
UNCTION
).
chrisma
, from
chri
, ‘anoint’). A mixture of olive oil and balsam used in Catholic and (with other ingredients, including wine, nuts, and gum) Orthodox churches. It is used in anointings atbaptism
,
confirmation
, and
ordination
, and at other consecrations (but not in the anointing of the sick: see
UNCTION
).
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