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History of Religions
History of the 3 Monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) and of the main different Christianity confessions (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism and Protestantism)
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Pedagogical Approaches
New pedagogical approaches to teach history of religion
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Role of Religions in Civilization
How to didactically promote among students of different confessions, the capacity of a critical analysis and understanding of the role played by religions in the history of mankind
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Interreligious Students’ Competences
Set of teaching contents, to be used by teachers to highlight and valorize the universal values of tolerance and universalisms that all Monotheistic religions and religious texts contain to promote and sustain mutual understanding among students
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Managing Multi-Religious Classes
Teaching Sources to help teachers dealing with multicultural and multi-religious classes
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Introduction
A comparative review of the liturgical celebrations, ceremonies and dietary rules existing in the different religions.
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Celebrations
Description and comparative analysis of the celebrations of different religions and confessions
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Ceremonies
Description and comparative analysis of the ceremonies of different religions and confessions
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Dietary Rules
Description and comparative analysis of the dietary rules of different religions and confessions
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Ceremonies
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Description and comparative analysis of the ceremonies of different religions and confessions
Cerimonies
1.1 Introduction
The liturgical rites of the Eastern Catholic Churches follow the Gregorian calendar, adopted by the Catholic Church in 1582, but they have kept the form of the ceremonies celebrated in the undivided Church, before the Great Schism of 1054, so they are often the same as those celebrated by the faithful of the Orthodox churches, even if these follow - at least in part - the Julian calendar.
The most important liturgical rite is the Divine Liturgy; the Byzantine tradition recognizes three forms of Divine Liturgy: that of St. John Chrysostom, that of St. Basil and the Liturgy of the Pre-sanctified.
Other important ceremonies are the liturgy of the hours, the processions and the blessings, which are always linked to the memory of Christ, of the Virgin Mary and of the saints, according to the dates of the liturgical calendar.
The most important liturgical rite is the Divine Liturgy; the Byzantine tradition recognizes three forms of Divine Liturgy: that of St. John Chrysostom, that of St. Basil and the Liturgy of the Pre-sanctified.
- The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is commonly celebrated every day of the year.
- The liturgy of St. Basil is celebrated at Christmas, at Epiphany, on every Sunday of Lent, on Holy Thursday, on Easter Eve and on the day of St. Basil.
- The liturgy of the Pre-sanctified is celebrated on Wednesdays and Fridays of each week of Lent, without consecration, since the bread is consecrated on the previous Sunday.
Other important ceremonies are the liturgy of the hours, the processions and the blessings, which are always linked to the memory of Christ, of the Virgin Mary and of the saints, according to the dates of the liturgical calendar.
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