Ritualism – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
ritualism
n.
advocacy of practicing rites or rituals; study of rituals and religious ceremonies
Ritualism in the Church of England
Ritualism, in the history of
Christianity, refers to an emphasis on the
rituals and
liturgical ceremony of the church, in particular of
Holy Communion. In the
Anglican church in the 19th century, the role of ritual became a subject of great, often heated, debate. The debate was also associated with struggles for influence between
High Church and
Low Church movements. Opponents of ritualism have often argued that it privileged the actions of the ritual over the meanings that are meant to be conveyed by it. Supporters have sometimes maintained that a renewed emphasis on ritual and
liturgy was necessary to counter the increasing
secularisation of the church and
laity.
ritualism
Noun
1. the study of religious or magical rites and ceremonies
(hypernym) social anthropology, cultural anthropology
2. exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship
(hypernym) practice, pattern
Ritualism
(n.)
Specifically :(a) The principles and practices of those in the Church of England, who in the development of the Oxford movement, so-called, have insisted upon a return to the use in church services of the symbolic ornaments (altar cloths, encharistic vestments, candles, etc.) that were sanctioned in the second year of Edward VI., and never, as they maintain, forbidden by competennt authority, although generally disused. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. (b) Also, the principles and practices of those in the Protestant Episcopal Church who sympathize with this party in the Church of England.
(n.)
A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or observance of, a ritual.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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