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World Religion Flashcards

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Cistercian monks
Famously silent
Name originating from a 17th century French abbey
Made cheese
Thomas Merton, author of The 7 Story Mountain, is one

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TRAPPISTS
(from LA TRAPPE ABBEY)

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Minor church/synagogue official
Keeps order during service
Character of Bumble in Dickens’ “Oliver Twist” is one

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BEADLE

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Church official
Cares for edifice and objects
Duties may include bell-ringing, grave-digging

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SEXTON

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Jewish harvest festival
Begins 5 days after Yom Kippur
Also called the “Feast of Tabernacles” (or “of Booths”)
Features homemade huts or booths

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SUKKOT

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“Day of Atonement”
10 days after Rosh Hashanah
Most solemn & holy day of the year in Judaism
Day of fasting & repentance
Ends with blowing of the shofar (ram’s horn)

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YOM KIPPUR

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Term for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, & the days in between

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HIGH HOLIDAYS
(or HIGH HOLY DAYS)

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Iranian/Persian prophet
Taught about the Ahura Mazda (Wise Lord) & the holy text “Avesta”

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ZARATHUSTRA
ZOROASTER (Greek)

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“Feast of weeks” in Judaism
Begins the harvest
Celebrates Moses being given the Torah on Sinai
Typically features readings from the book of Ruth

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SHAVUOT

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“9th of Av” in Judaism
Observes the destruction of the 1st and 2nd temples of Jerusalem
Typically features readings from the book of Lamentations

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TISHA B’AV

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Marks the New Year in Judaism
Occurs in fall, 10 days before Yom Kippur
Shofars are blown
Pomegranates are eaten

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ROSH HASHANAH

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Jewish holiday
Celebrates Esther overcoming the villain Haman

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PURIM

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Patron of cobblers, along with St. Crispinian
American union of shoemakers, “Daughters of” him
Day is on October 25th, when the battle of Agincourt (and a famous speech in Henry V) occurred

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ST. CRISPIN

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A Christian prayer said on rosary’s minor beads
“…full of grace…”
Also a desperate football pass

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HAIL MARY
(AVE MARIA)

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Patron of sailors
Namesake of a “fire” (actually lightning) that strikes ship masts

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ST. ELMO
(ST. ERASMUS)

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Sings or chants the liturgy in a Jewish synagogue
also called a “hazzan”

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CANTOR

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Means “son of the law”
A Jewish boy may undergo it at 13 and read from the Torah

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BAR MITZVAH

17
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Coming-of-age ceremony
Introduced in the 1920s for Jewish girls

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BAT MITZVAH

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Hindu, Jain, & Sikh “Festival of Lights”
Associated with Lakshmi & Ganesh
Lighting of “diyas”, oil lamps

A

DIWALI

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1st day of Lent
Burnt palm fronds drawn in a cross on the forehead
“Dust to dust”
Day after Mardi Gras
Release day of “Passion of the Christ” (2004)

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ASH WEDNESDAY

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3 days before Easter
From “Mandatum novatum”
Marks the last supper
Pedilavium - washing feet (of 12 people)

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MAUNDY THURSDAY

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Marks crucifixion day of Jesus
Hot cross buns
Passion of St. John
Petrarch wrote a poem of falling in love on it
John Donne wrote a poem on it
1998’s “Belfast Agreement” which ended the Troubles (somewhat) occurred on it
2 days before Easter

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GOOD FRIDAY

22
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Patron saint of lost causes
Namesake of a Memphis children’s hospital

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ST. JUDE

23
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Position since 1587
Meant to argue against canonization of a potential saint
Role reduced by John Paul II
Now refers to anything “for argument’s sake”

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DEVIL’S ADVOCATE
ADVOCATUS DIABOLI

24
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Alliterative church education taught on weekend
Taught by Richard Nixon & Jimmy Carter

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SUNDAY SCHOOL

25
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Day before Lent
Name refers to what is eaten, or the absolution

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FAT/PANCAKE/SHROVE TUESDAY

26
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Carnival leading up to the day before Lent
In New Orleans (& elsewhere), “krewes” run floats that throw “doubloons” and have beads tossed back
King cake (cake with a plastic baby inside) is eaten

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MARDI GRAS

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