(pagan) priest

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• Priest — • The minister of Divine worship and sacrifice Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Priest     Priest     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pagan Babies — is a 2000 novel written by Elmore Leonard. =Plot summary=The novel begins in Rwanda. The protagonist is a priest named Terry Dunn. It is a few years after the genocide, when the Hutus murdered Tutsis. Eventually Terry goes back to his hometown of …   Wikipedia

• Priest — A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities. Their office or position is the priesthood, a term which may also apply… …   Wikipedia

• Matthew Fox (priest) — Matthew Fox (born 1940) is an American priest and theologian.[1] Formerly a member of the Dominican order within the Roman Catholic Church, Fox is now a member of the Episcopal Church. Fox was an early and influential exponent of a movement that… …   Wikipedia

• Killah Priest — Infobox Musical artist Name = Priest Img capt = Performing in Chicago, July 2007 Img size = Landscape = Background = solo singer Birth name = Walter Reed Alias = Born = Died = Origin = New York City, New York, United States Instrument = Genre =… …   Wikipedia

• high priest — Spokesman for the people to God, and for God to the people. Aaron and his successor Eleazar were precursors of the institution (Num. 27:21 ff.) which is mentioned in Lev. 21:10. He alone was anointed and possessed authority over lay officials. He …   Dictionary of the Bible

• Romuva (temple) — Romuva or Romowe (known as Rickoyoto in writings of Simon Grunau) was a pagan worship place (a temple or a sacred area) in Nadruvia, one of the regions of the pagan Prussia. In contemporary sources the temple was mentioned only once by Peter von… …   Wikipedia

• Saint George — Infobox Saint name=Saint George birth date=between ca. AD 275 and 281 death date=April 23 303 feast day=April 23 venerated in=Anglicanism Eastern Orthodoxy Lutheranism Oriental Orthodoxy Roman Catholicism imagesize=200px caption=Painting by… …   Wikipedia

• Ambrose — Infobox Saint name= Saint Ambrose birth date= between AD 337 and 340 death date=4 April AD 397 feast day= December 7Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints . 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0… …   Wikipedia

• Mieszko I of Poland — Mieszko I Duke of Poland Portrait by Jan Matejko. Reign 962–992 Born ca. 930 …   Wikipedia

• Christianization of Iceland — Iceland converted to the Christian religion in 1000 AD. In Icelandic, this event is known as the kristnitaka (literally, the taking of Christianity ).Earliest observanceThe earliest Christian observance in the country in all likelihood began with …   Wikipedia