religious + spiritual experience
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- Created on: 15-04-16 19:51
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- PHILOSOPHY2. Religious and Spiritual experience
- PRIVATE WORSHIP
- TYPES
- Praying
- Meditating
- House Groups (Small local groups which meet for friendship, bible study, and prayer)
- Reading the Bible (maybe w/ a study book)
- The Church is also a thing I guess
- RUDOLF OTTO (1869 - 1937)
- Wrote about NUMINOUS, a mysterious power that suggests the presence of a spirit/God
- Said NUMINOUS was something people feel when they worship
- TYPES
- PUBLIC WORSHIP
- The EUCHARIST, as well as other types of services.
- EUCHARIST A form of worship common to most Christians
- A Christian sacrament that commemorates the Last Supper. The priest/minister consecrating the bread + wine, which is consumed by the congregation
- OTHER NAMES: Mass, Liturgy, Holy Communion, the Lord's Supper, Breaking of Bread
- CHARISMATIC
- Another form of worship found across all denominations
- People try to open themselves to the Holy Spirit and be inspired by it
- Contains 'glossolalia' (speaking in tongues
- ACTS 2:1-11 The coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
- 1 CORINTHIANS 11:23b-25 St Paul's account of the Last Supper
- PRAYER AND MEDITATION
- 4 types of prayer - A.C.T.S
- Adoration
- Supplication - Asking God for their own needs/needs of others
- Confession
- Thanksgiving
- Use of the Rosary, where people reflect on:
- (Mainly a Roman Catholic thang)
- All based on events in the life of Jesus + Mary
- Sorrowful Mysteries
- At the same time they say prayers;
- Our Father
- Glory Be
- Hail Mary
- Hail, Holy Queen
- the Apostles' Creed
- At the same time they say prayers;
- Joyful Mysteries
- At the same time they say prayers;
- Our Father
- Glory Be
- Hail Mary
- Hail, Holy Queen
- the Apostles' Creed
- At the same time they say prayers;
- Glorious Mysteries
- Luminous Mysteries
- Sorrowful Mysteries
- Christians also meditate sometimes
- 4 types of prayer - A.C.T.S
- ART AND MUSIC IN WORSHIP
- QUAKERS dont use art or music. they believe truly worshipping God is found by sitting in silence until the Holy Spirit compels someone to speak
- mosaics have always been a thing
- stained glass windows were used (idk when? back in the olden days) to tell the Bible story in a way everyone could understand (because of language barriers)
- icons
- cross (RC's)
- hymns sung to express praise/thanksgiving
- music for specific occassions
- Pentecostal worship - includes songs sung from a whiteboard/ screen, accompanied by guitars and other modern instruments
- Gospel music a way of expressing belief
- ICON - an oil painting on a wooden panel. found mainly in Orthodox churches
- STATIONS OF THE CROSS - a series of 14 pictures/ plaques found around the walls of some churches which recall events in the last days of Jesus' life
- Lots of debate over whether Churches should be decorated or not.
- SYMBOLISM IN WORSHIP
- Used when, in the early years of Christianity, it was dangerous for Christians to keep in touch with eachother
- ALPHA AND OMEGA - First and last letters of the Greek alphabet
- A FISH - initial letters from the Greek phrase meaning 'Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour' make up Greek word for fish ('icthus')
- A DOVE - a symbol of peace/the Holy Spirit
- CHI-RHO - first 2 letters of Jesus' name in Greek
- CROSS
- CRUCIFIX - the cross feat. Jesus
- CANDLES - to represent Jesus as the Light of the World
- FOOD AND FASTING
- No strict rules
- Some Christians may not eat meat on Friday, in memory of Jesus' crucifixion
- Traditional foods @ certain festivals
- Hot cross buns on Good Friday
- Pancakes on Shrove Tuesday
- Mince pies at Christmas (no direct religious connection though)
- Eggs at Easter (symbolise new life)
- Harvest Festival - produce taken to Church, then given to the poor
- FASTING
- LENT people give up luxuries or take up something like charity work
- ADVENT (not anymore)
- RC's used to fast for 12 hours before Communion, but now it's only 1 hour
- LUKE 4:1-2 Jesus' temptation in the desert
- PRIVATE WORSHIP
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