Religious definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary RELIG'IOUS, a. [L. religiosus.] 1. Pertaining or relating to religion; as a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects. 2. Pious; godly; loving and reverencing the Supreme Being and obeying his precepts; as a religious man. 3. Devoted to the practice of religion; as ...
... manners, arts and science, is important; to give them a religious education is indispensable; and an immense responsibility rests on parents ... one generation to the next its accumulated social, intellectual and religious experience and heritage. In part these processes are informal and ... article on "Education" in Monroe's CE; compare Butler, ME). Religious education among ancient and modern peoples alike reveals clearly this ... On its informal side it consists in the transmission of religious ideas and experience by means of the reciprocal processes of ... imitation and example; each generation, by actually participating in the religious activities and ceremonies of the social group, imbibing as it ... industrial conditions under which the entire process takes place. Formal religious education begins with the conscious and systematic effort on ...
... of Sacrifice 9. Propitiatory Sacrifice 10. Purification 11. The Great Religious Festivals 12. Mysteries at Eleusis 13. Absence of Magic and ... 3. Later Beliefs in Immortality V. SIN, EXPIATION, AND THE RELIGIOUS LIFE 1. Greek Idea of Sin 2. Religious Ideals VI. THE INFLUENCE OF GREEK RELIGION ON CHRISTIANITY 1 ... natural as it is false. Very few myths have any religious meaning at all, in spite of the large part the ... it included those connected with the god by a social-religious tie, and the fundamental purpose of the worship was to ... they were not organized in a hierarchy under any distinctly religious officials, but remained as independent units. Religious worship in ...
... Decay of Religion in Canaan (2) The Theocratic Kingdom (3) Religious Ideals of the Psalms from the Time of David (4 ... the rule to draw out of the Old Testament its religious contents only for dogmatic purposes, without making any distinction between ... in the study of these books deals historically with the religious development of the Israelites. This religion was not of a ... in the different periods of this development there were various religious trends among the people and very different degrees in the extent of their religious knowledge. The common people were at times still entangled in ... surrounding Israel at all times made itself felt in the religious life and thoughts of the latter. And even when ...
... will seek other guides or authorities. So it is in religious development. Some repudiate authorities that others acknowledge. But no one ... issuing out of the other, so in every kind of religious authority recognized as such, men require that it should tell ... realm of life, even beyond that which is usually called religious life. Science builds up its system in conformity with natural ... In this sense, there can be no question again among religious people, that the authority is God. The one idea involves ... the words translated "authority," exousia, alone expresses the idea of religious authority, whether of God, of Christ or of man. The ... in as bringing out the common element in secular and religious authority. The control of the state over its subjects, ...
religious support team definitions U.S. Military Dictionary A team that ... of at least one chaplain and one enlisted support person. Religious support teams assigned at Joint Staff and combatant command level ... team works together in designing, implementing, and executing the command religious program. Also called RST. See also combatant command chaplain; command chaplain; religious support; religious support plan. (JP 1-05)
religious support plan definitions U.S. Military Dictionary A plan that describes how religious support will be provided to all members of a joint ... Also called RSP. See also combatant command chaplain; command chaplain; religious support; religious support team. (JP 1-05)
... 1) The Old Testament (2) Josephus (3) The Monuments 2. Religious Character of the History I. ORIGINS OF ISRAEL IN PRE ... that has been placed in the Biblical historical sources. 2. Religious Character of the History: It is true that the rules ... often scarcely mentioned. The standpoint of the writer is the religious. This appears in the fact that this history begins with ... to describe, but rather their importance for the spiritual and religious greatness of Israel. Let us note in this connection only ... of the temple by Solomon, so epoch-making for the religious history of Israel, or the activity of such leading prophets ... people are narrated. It cannot indeed be denied that this religious and fundamental characteristic is not found to the same ...
religious support definitions U.S. Military Dictionary Chaplain facilitated free exercise of religion through worship, religious and pastoral counseling services, ceremonial honors for the dead, crisis ... Also called RS. See also combatant command chaplain; command chaplain; religious support plan; religious support team. (JP 1-05)
religious doctrine definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group [syn: religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creed]
religious cult definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin" [syn: cult, cultus, religious cult]