kneeling prayers

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• Kneeling and Genuflection —     Genuflexion     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Genuflexion     To genuflect [Lat. genu flectere, geniculare (post classic), to bend the knee; Gr. gonu klinein or kamptein] expresses:     ♦ an attitude     ♦ a gesture: involving, like prostration,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Basil of Caesarea — Infobox Saint name=Saint Basil the Great birth date=ca. 330 death date=January 1, 379 [The exact date of Basil s death is debated by historians. See Rousseau (1994), pp. 360–363, Appendix III: The Date of Basil s Death and of the Hexaemeron for… …   Wikipedia

• Prie-dieu — A prie dieu (French: literally, pray [to] God ) is a type of prayer desk primarily intended for private devotional use, but also often found in churches of the European continent. It is a small ornamental wooden desk furnished with a sloping… …   Wikipedia

• Kartanoism — was a Christian movement in the 1920s through the 1950s in Finland, mostly in the Satakunta region. The main centres of influence were Huittinen and Vampula, which were considered the mother parishes of the movement, but Kartanoism was also… …   Wikipedia

• African Rite — In the history of Christianity, the African Rite refers to a now defunct Catholic, Western liturgical rite, and is considered a development or possibly a local use of the primitive Roman Rite. It used the Latin language. The African Rite may be… …   Wikipedia

• African Liturgy — • In use not only in the old Roman province of Africa of which Carthage was the capital, but also in Numidia and Mauretania Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. African Liturgy     African Liturgy …   Catholic encyclopedia

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• Hours of Catherine of Cleves — The Hours of Catherine of Cleves (The Hours, Morgan Library and Museum, M. 917; and M. 945, less widely known as the Guennol Hours, and rarely known as the Arenberg Hours) is an ornately illustrated manuscript, produced by the anonymous Dutch… …   Wikipedia

• History of the Puritans — The history of the Puritans can be traced back to the Vestments Controversy in the reign of Edward VI ending in a decline in the mid 1700s. Background, to 1559 The English Reformation, begun his reign in the reign of Henry VIII of England, was… …   Wikipedia

• Good Friday Prayer — can refer to any of the prayers prayed by Christians on Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, or to all such prayers collectively. Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine rite Catholic prayer on Good FridayEastern Orthodox Christians and many Byzantine… …   Wikipedia

• prayer — prayer1 prayerless, adj. prayerlessly, adv. prayerlessness, n. /prair/, n. 1. a devout petition to God or an object of worship. 2. a spiritual communion with God or an object of worship, as in supplication, thanksgiving, adoration, or confession …   Universalium