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A benediction ( Latin: bene, 'well' + dicere, 'to speak') is a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually at the end of worship service. It can also refer to a specific Christian religious service including the exposition of the eucharistic host in the monstrance and the blessing of the people with it.
Benedictines. The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict ( Latin: Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB ), are a mainly contemplative monastic religious order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. The male religious are also sometimes called the Black Monks, in reference to the ...
The oldest copy of the Rule of Saint Benedict, from the eighth century (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Hatton 48, fols. 6v–7r) The Rule of Saint Benedict ( Latin: Regula Sancti Benedicti) is a book of precepts written in Latin c. 530 by St Benedict of Nursia ( c. AD 480–550) for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot. [1]
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, also called Benediction with the Blessed Sacrament or the Rite of Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction, is a devotional ceremony, celebrated especially in the Roman Catholic Church, but also in some other Christian traditions such as Anglo-Catholicism, [1] [2] whereby a bishop, a priest, or a deacon ...
The Priestly Blessing or priestly benediction (Hebrew: ברכת כהנים; translit. birkat kohanim), also known in rabbinic literature as raising of the hands (Hebrew nesiat kapayim), rising to the platform (Hebrew aliyah ledukhan), dukhenen (Yiddish from the Hebrew word dukhan – platform – because the blessing is given from a raised rostrum), or duchening, is a Hebrew prayer recited by ...
Portrait of King Edgar in the charter of the New Minster, Winchester. The English Benedictine Reform or Monastic Reform of the English church in the late tenth century was a religious and intellectual movement in the later Anglo-Saxon period. In the mid-tenth century almost all monasteries were staffed by secular clergy, who were often married.
Dave Hunt. Neil Hutton. Ashley Guest. Nicholas Barker. Dan Bate. Benediction are a British death metal band formed in 1989. [1] Their first album, Subconscious Terror, was released in 1990. [2] Their latest album as of 2023, Scriptures, was released in 2020.
Since the 1st century, Christians have called upon God with the name "Father, Son and Holy Spirit" in prayer, baptism, communion, exorcism, hymn-singing, preaching, confession, absolution and benediction. This is reflected in the saying: "Before there was a 'doctrine' of the Trinity, Christian prayer invoked the Holy Trinity".