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In XII minuendi sumptus sunt lamentationisque funeris – sed ea non tam ad religionem spectant quam ad ius sepulcrorum: Restrictions on Funeral Luxury in Rome

Journal on European History of Law, 2023
The legal attempts to curb funeral lavishness and extravagance come into two groups: the first includes the provisions of the Law of the XII Tables, the second the lex Cornelia sumptuaria (81 BC), and the leges Iuliae sumptuariae (46 BC, 18 AD) (Rotondi,
János Erdődy
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Water in Pre-Christian Beliefs in Pomerania (Northern Poland) of the Early Medieval Period
Woda w przedchrześcijańskich wierzeniach na wczesnośredniowiecznym Pomorzu (północna Polska)

Studia Mythologica Slavica, 2017
Based on written sources and archaeological evidence, ethnographic and linguistic material, and the knowledge of the rest of Slavonic-occupied regions, the authors research early medieval Pomeranian communities in which water played a significant role ...
Kamil Kajkowski, Andrzej Kuczkowski
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Theses on the Meaning of Lutheran Confessional Subscription [PDF]

, 1976
Joint Commission on Inter-Lutheran Relations (JCILR ...
Threinen, Norman J.
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La muerte del héroe-la muerte del rey. Un modelo de la muerte en la Corona de Aragón. Siglos XIII-XV

Millars. Espai i Història, 2018
Death is deeply disturbing to people, who find in religion both a meaning and ceremonies and rites which help them “control” death while making salvation possible.
Salvador Antonio Vidal Castañ
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What Should Christians Take from the Native American Church Peyote Ceremony? [PDF]

, 2011
Native American religious tradition is a fascinating subject. Yet most Americans know very little about the spiritual practices of indigenous peoples.
Rajcok, Brian
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Buddhist Ceremonies in the Mongolian Capital City Before the Communist Repression and After the Revival. [PDF]

, 2012
A cikk egy 2011 június 27-29-én rendezett konferencia előadásának konferenciakötetben megjelent változata.
Teleki, Krisztina
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Unitas and concordia in the confessions: significance for fellowship among Lutheran churches [PDF]

, 1981
There is a sufficient basis in the Augsburg Confession for doctrinal and confessional unity among Lutherans. The paper suggests that while sufficient debate has taken place on the theological substance of the Confessions, not enough attention has been ...
Nostbakken, Roger W.
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The Changing Features and Functions of Funeral Art Forms in Ibibio Land of Nigeria [PDF]

, 2015
Ibibio funeral art form has developed with the ethnic belief system of ancestral veneration. It has been marked with distinctive indigenization of spatial symbolization of forms to the creation of “nwommo” and cement tomb stone in their quest for ...
E. Umoanwan, Uwem, Nyah, Anselem A.
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Performing myths, ritualising modernity: dancing for Nomkhubulwana and the reinvention of Zulu tradition [PDF]

, 2012
The European colonial expansion T in Africa disrupted and in instances stopped the celebration and development of traditional values in the colonised territories. This disruption is more acute in southern Africa, especially in the South African territory
Adeyemi, Sola
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‘Kĩama Kia Athuri’ Rituals, and Challenges to Agikuyu Christians

African Theological Journal for Church and Society
This study examines the Agĩkũyũ Kĩama kia athuri’s (council of elders) initiation rituals to establish whether they are religious acts of worship and therefore undermine Christianity, as has been claimed by Agĩkũyũ church leaders.
Francis Omondi
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