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It depends on what you're getting initiated into.
Rites are too interrupted. Rites are so much more dulled
Robert Joseph Knapp has written: 'The rite of Christian initiation of adults' -- subject(s): Baptism (Liturgy), Catechumens, Catholic Church, Initiation rites, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Initiation rites
Donna Steffen has written: 'Discerning disciples' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Discernment of spirits, Initiation rites, Membership, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Initiation rites
William Harmless has written: 'Desert Christians' 'Augustine and the Catechumenate' -- subject(s): Catechumens, Catholic Church, Church history, History, Initiation rites, Religious aspects of Initiation rites
Dennis Chriszt has written: 'In search of an effective mystagogy' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Catechetics, Religious aspects, Initiation rites, Religious aspects of Initiation rites 'The Fifty Days of Joy'
Mary K. Milne has written: 'Sunday dismissals for the RCIA' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Experimental Liturgy, Initiation rites, Liturgy, Religious aspects of Initiation rites, Texts
Kathy Coffey has written: 'Children And Christian Initiation' -- subject(s): Initiation rites, Religious aspects, Christian education of children, Catholic Church, Study and teaching, Religious aspects of Initiation rites 'The best of being Catholic' -- subject(s): Doctrines, Popular works, Doctrinal Theology, Customs and practices, Catholic Church
Francesco Sandrin has written: 'Il rapporto parentes-filii nella iniziazione cristiana di rito romano' -- subject(s): Baptism (Liturgy), Catholic Church, History, Initiation rites, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Initiation rites
Gregory Richard Hite has written: 'The implications of celebrating the sacrament of confirmation at the time of first eucharist for children in the Latin rite' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Confirmation, History, Initiation rites, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Initiation rites
The archeologists have not found an answer accepted by all. Hunt magic, initiation rites, religious ceremonies,???
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