ceremonies
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- ceremonies. See also cults; religion; traditions
- baptism was public profession of entering kingdom (144:6.7-9) (144:8.5)
- brief recital of evolution of (90:0.1)
- ceremony induced action by Josiah (164:3.14)
- deleterious agency of religion (91:5.6)
- false progress of traversing meaningless circles of (147:5.8)
- in Rome, half the year wasted on (87:3.4)
- Jesus
- abrogated all c. not reflective of intimate family relationship (103:4.4) (166:1.2) (190:2.4)
- antagonism with Jewish c. always positive (147:6.6)
- baptism (136:2.3)
- did not participate in sacrificial c. (179:0.3)
- ordination of apostles, the seventy (140:9sec) (Paper 163)
- Remembrance Supper only c. Jesus established (179:5.4-5)
- resented those misrepresentative of Father (127:6.6)
- usually gave thanks before eating (143:3.4)
- washed hands only for cleanliness (166:1.2) (167:1.3) (179:3.1)
- no obligation to accept outworn c. (155:6.5-7)
- primitive man’s attempt to control material world (90:3.1-2)
- purification ceremonies
- after childbirth (84:4.6) (122:9.1) (122:10.2)
- after contact with the dead (87:1.4)
- after healing from leprosy (166:2.4)
- at weddings (137:4.11)
- evolution of (90:5.3) (92:3.2)
- if Jew entered gentile building before Passover (185:0.3-4)
- Pharisees scrupulously observed (166:1.7-10)
- Prince’s staff included water cleansing as part of (66:5.21)
- rites for remission of sin (89:2.5)
- require social arena wherein to gratify vanity (68:2.10)
- ritual surrounded entire life of ancients (83:4.2)
- what is ancient is supposedly sacred (92:2.2)
- common people awed by ritual in ancient tongue (90:5.6)
- gesture, older than speech, is more holy, magical (88:6.4)
- magic practiced with ritual (88:6.1)
- present-day forms based on ancient propitiation (89:4.7)
Cross-references
- See also cults
- See also religion
- See also traditions
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