The Chinese cult of reverence for ancestors is evidenced by practices such as ancestor worship, where families honor their forebears through rituals, offerings, and maintaining ancestral tablets. This reflects a deep cultural belief in the continued presence and influence of ancestors in the lives of their descendants. Additionally, festivals like Qingming (Tomb-Sweeping Day) highlight this reverence, as families visit graves to pay respects, clean the sites, and make offerings. Overall, these practices underscore the importance of lineage, filial piety, and the belief in ancestral guidance.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe "cult of saints" is from the Latin word "cultus" which means The act of honoring or worshipping, reverence, adoration, veneration; loyalty (from Wiktionary). The cult of saints refer to the veneration of the saints.
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Bill Crawley, Reference Librarian, Illinois Central CollegeAccording to Li Liu. Antiquity. Cambridge: Sep 1999. Vol. 73, Iss. 281; pg. 602, 12 pgsWho were the ancestors? The origins of Chinese ancestral cult and racial mythsAncestor worship has been a dominant religious form in ancient as well as modern China. Liu traces the unique history of ancestor worship in China
The cult of the dead refers to religious or spiritual practices that focus on reverence and veneration of deceased individuals. Different cultures and religions have various beliefs and rituals associated with honoring the dead, such as ancestor worship or offerings to deceased loved ones.
Parentalia was a Roman festival for the cult honour of the di/divi parentes (the deified ancestors). On the first day of the festival.
There is no credible information or evidence to suggest that Machel Montano is involved in a cult. He is a well-known Trinidadian soca artist who has achieved international recognition for his music.
The pictographs are mainly simple pictures of animals they hunted. There were no directions showing rivers or hunting grounds nor were they a cult. The importance of them is they are the earliest evidence of man and his world.
The Cult of Cult - 2013 was released on: USA: 19 February 2013 (internet)
The Cult was created in 1983.
A cult is a small group of people who follow their own religious beliefs. The leader of the cult is the leader who makes and enforces the rules of the cult.
I don't think Odd Future is an actual cult, but they seem to have gained a cult-like following; wouldn't classify them as a cult, still.
The word 'cult' is having an affilliation with any relgious sect/denomination and it's teachings. A 'dangerous cult' uses the same general teachings in a destructive manner. They tend to put their own little twist on biblical scriptures and other types of texts to reveal their own interpretation. We've all seen evidence of this time and again in the news. The results of radical thought processes at work.