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What is significant about shaking dust from your feet?
If a house or town does not receive the Gospel, you are to shake dust off of your feet:
Matthew 10:12
12 As you enter a house, wish it peace.
13 If the house is worthy, let your peace come ...
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Why are Mormon Temples Ceremonies kept secret from non-Mormons?
Even though only priests were allowed into the Temple in the Old Testament, all of the ceremonies and furnishings were described in great detail in the Old Testament for anyone, Jew or Gentile alike, ...
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Why did foot washing become a common practice in Christianity?
I am aware that some, but certainly not all, Protestant denominations employ the practice of foot washing in their services. I understand that this is based on John 13, where Jesus washes the feet of ...
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What place do ritual and ceremony have in the church today? (Liturgical POV)
I've already asked this to get a non-liturgical point of view and now I would like to see an answer from a liturgical Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox view.
Scripture, especially in the Old ...
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What place do ritual and ceremony have in the church today? (Non-Liturgical POV)
Scripture, especially in the Old Testament, goes into great detail about the specific ways of doing certain worship-related things. For example, The ordination of Aaron is a highly ritualized ...
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Christianity and extreme, seizure-like bodily shaking
I've noticed here and there the odd practice of inducing an extreme, seizure-like bodily shaking in oneself, which seems quite strange to me; it's not at all clear what the purpose is. Some people ...
