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What is the order of Philippine eagle?
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What has the author Rotha Mary CLay written?
Rotha Mary CLay has written: 'The hermits and anchorites of England' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Hermits
Who established the first monastery?
Saint Kevin of Ireland.
Why was Saint Anthony the Abbot named a saint?
Following the death of his parents when he was about 20, Anthony insured that his sister completed her education, then he sold his house, furniture, and the land he owned, gave the proceeds to the poor and joined the anchorites who lived nearby. He moved into an empty sepulchre. At age 35 he moved to the desert to live alone and he lived 20 years in an abandoned fort. Anthony barricaded the place for solitude. He is described as modest and courteous. His example led many to take up the monastic life, and to follow his way. Late in life Anthony became a close friend of Saint Paul the Hermit, and he buried the aged anchorite, leading to his patronage of gravediggers.
What is the name of a person who retreats from the world?
There are several terms used to describe a person who has withdrawn from general society for personal and/or religious reasons. An individual who withdraws from the world for personal reasons, which may or may not have religious overtones, is described as a "relcuse". There are also some less complimentary terms used eg. "shutaway". On ocassions general society may describe these people as "nutty", "insane" or "eccentric", with only the last of these descriptions having any element of truth. The very talented American aviator/engineer/ philanthropist and film director, Howard Hughes (1905-1976) is arguably the best modern day example of such a person. The American actress, Bea Arthur spent much of her last years in seclusion. A person who withdraws from the world for religious/spiritual reasons may also be thought of as reclusive, but is better known as an "anchorite" or "hermit". Anchorites and hermits prefer to live in solitude where they can believe and practise their unique spiritual ideals. Religious history of many Faiths shows examples of such people. John The Baptist was a hermit; the Christian Bible describes his coming out of the desert to meet and baptise his cousin, Jesus. Saint Anthony of Egypt is another notable example mentioned in the hagiographies of the Roman and Orthodox Churches. Irish Christian monks up until the 3rd century retreated, either alone or in the company of other monks, to the craggy, almost inaccessable islands off the coast of Ireland. The Roman Church described this as "white martyrdom" because no blood was spilt when the monks withdrew from general society to live a rigorous life of self- denial and devote themselves entirely unto the service of God. The Roman Church also has an order of monks, The Carthusians, who do live as hermits within the walls of a monastery. The Carthusians, speak to the abbot because he is their spiritual father but refrain from talking with each other, only coming together to sing the Divine Office. Buddhism also has hermits, although they withdraw for the purpose of self-awareness through meditation and may at any time rejoin society usually in a monastic situation.
What does the name Laura mean in Latin?
A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.
How does understanding zakat help you understand Islam as a religion?
One of the most important principles of Islam is that all things belong to God, and that wealth is therefore held by human beings in trust.The word Zakat means both 'purification' and 'growth'. Our possessions are purified by setting aside a proportion for those in need, and, like the pruning of plants, this cutting back balances and encourages new growth.Zakat is the amount of money that every adult, mentally stable, free, and financially able Muslim, male and female, has to pay to support specific categories people.This category of people is defined in surah at-Taubah (9) verse 60: "The alms are only for the poor and the needy, and those who collect them, and those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and to free the captives and the debtors, and for the cause of Allah, and (for) the wayfarers; a duty imposed by Allah. Allah is knower, Wise." (The Holy Qur'an 9:60).The obligatory nature of Zakat is firmly established in the Qur'an, the Sunnah (or hadith), and the consensus of the companions and the Muslim scholars. Allah states in Surah at-Taubah verses 34-35: "O ye who believe! there are indeed many among the priests and anchorites, who in Falsehood devour the substance of men and hinder (them) from the way of Allah. And there are those who bury gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allah. announce unto them a most grievous penalty - On the Day when heat will be produced out of that (wealth) in the fire of Hell, and with it will be branded their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs, their flanks, and their backs.- "This is the (treasure) which ye buried for yourselves: taste ye, then, the (treasures) ye buried!" (The Holy Qur'an 9:34-35).It is agreed between Muslims in all the centuries the obligatory nature of paying Zakat for gold and silver, and from those the other kinds of currency.Zakat is obligatory when a certain amount of money, called the nisab is reached or exceeded. Zakat is not obligatory if the amount owned is less than this nisab. The nisab (or minimum amount) of gold and golden currency is 20 mithqal, this is approximately 85 grams of pure gold. One mithqal is approximately 4.25 grams. The nisab of silver and silver currency is 200 dirhams, which is approximately 595 grams of pure silver. The nisab of other kinds of money and currency is to be scaled to that of gold, 85 grams of pure gold. This means that the nisab of money is the price of 85 grams of 999-type (pure) gold, on the day in which Zakat is paid. (Current Gold Prices)
What word contains the letters N A C H O T?
This is a list of words than contain the letters N A C H O T. Words that start with capitol letters are proper nouns. Antioch Charleston Charlestons Charlottetown Charlton Chattanooga Chatterton Chinatown Chinatowns Chittagong Commonwealth Commonwealths Corinthian Corinthians Dictaphone Dictaphones Dutchwoman Macintosh McNaughton Montrachet Netzahualcoyotl Nouakchott Pocahontas Pontchartrain Scotchman Scotchwoman Shackleton Stockhausen Stolichnaya Tenochtitlan Teotihuacan ccomplishment accomplishments acetaminophen anachronistic anachronistically anchorite anchorites anthropic anthropocentric anthropogenic anthropological anthropologically anthropometric anthropomorphic anthropomorphically architectonic architectonics authentication authentications authenticator authenticators beachfront biotechnological blackthorn blackthorns brachistochrone cashpoint cashpoints cenotaph cenotaphs channelization characterization characterizations charioteering chlorinate chlorinated chlorinates chlorinating chlorination chromatin cinematographer cinematographers cinematographic cinematography coauthoring cohabitant cohabitants cohabitation cohabiting commonwealth commonwealths cornstarch crosshatching custodianship decathlon decathlons echolocation electroencephalogram electroencephalograms electroencephalograph electroencephalographic electroencephalographs electroencephalography electromechanical electromechanics encephalopathy encroachment encroachments ethnographic ethnographically ethnological ethnologically hallucination hallucinations hallucinatory headcount headcounts histrionically humidification hydromagnetic hypnotically inchoate inchoated inchoates inchoating interscholastic laughingstock laughingstocks machination machinations mackintosh mackintoshes magnetohydrodynamical magnetohydrodynamics mechanization methodicalness misanthropic misanthropically mitochondria mitochondrial monarchist monarchistic monarchists monochromatic nanotechnology nonathletic nonchalant nonchalantly nondetachable noninterchangeable nontechnical nontheatrical octahedron orchestrating orchestration orchestrations ornithological outmatching outreaching overenthusiastic overmatching panchromatic pantechnicon pantechnicons pathogenic phantasmagorical philanthropic philanthropically phonetically phonetician phoneticians photogenically photosynthetically plainclothes plainclothesman plainclothesmen psychoanalyst psychoanalysts psychoanalytic psychoanalytical psychoanalytically pyrotechnical rapprochement rapprochements resynchronization rhetorician rhetoricians shortchange shortchanged shortchanges shortchanging sophisticating sophistication stanchion stanchions stenographic stomaching sycophant sycophantic sycophantically sycophants synchronization synchronizations tachyon tachyons technocracies technocracy technocrat technocratic technocrats technological technologically technophobia terpsichorean thenceforward thenceforwards theoretician theoreticians thermodynamic thermodynamical thermodynamically thermodynamics thermonuclear treacherousness turbocharging unhistorical unsophisticated unsophistication untouchable untouchables weathercocking yachtswoman yachtswomen
What was the role of medieval monasteries in the middle ages?
Most monks were just people who devoted their lives to prayer and contemplation. They spent their time cleaning, cooking, growing food in the monastic gardens, or whatever else had to be done to support the monastery. They often took on the job of saying prayers for the dead or people in need. Some monks specialized in writing manuscripts, and they copied such things as the Bible by hand. Some monks specialized in the preparation of medical herbal remedies, or in growing the herbs for them. Some tended the sick in special monasteries that had hospital care as part of their mission. Some took care of travellers in inns run by monasteries, and the Knights Hospitaller were among these. There were monks who were also knights who protected travellers on the roads, and the Knights Hospitaller were of this type. There were a few monks who were anchorites or mendicants, who were pretty much alone.
Where did the rosary start?
There are differing views on the history of the rosary. According to tradition, the rosary was given to Saint Dominic in an apparition by the Blessed Virgin Mary in the year 1214 in the church of Prouille. This Marian apparition received the title of Our Lady of the Rosary. However, most scholarly research suggests a more gradual and organic development of the rosary. Prayers with beads like the rosary may have begun as a practice by the laity to imitate the monastic Liturgy of the Hours, during the course of which the monks prayed the 150 Psalms daily. As many of the laity and even lay monastics could not read, they substituted 150 repetitions of the Our Father (Pater noster in Latin) for the Psalms, sometimes using a cord with knots on it to keep an accurate count. During the middle ages, evidence suggests that both the Our Father and the Hail Mary were recited with prayer beads. In the 7th century, Saint Eligius wrote of using a counting device to keep track of the 150 Hail Marys of the Psalter of Mary. In 13th century Paris, four trade guilds existed of prayer bead makers, who were referred to as paternosterers, and the beads were referred to as paternosters, suggesting a continued link between the Our Father (Pater noster in Latin) and the prayer beads. In the 12th century, the rule of the English anchorites, the Ancrene Wisse, specified how groups of 50 Hail Marys were to be broken into five decades of ten Hail Marys each. Gradually, the Hail Mary came to replace the Our Father as the prayer most associated with beads. Eventually, each decade came to be preceded by an Our Father, which further mirrored the structure of the monastic Liturgy of the Hours. The practice of meditation during the praying of the Hail Marys is attributed to Dominic of Prussia (1382-1460), a Carthusian monk, who called it "Life of Jesus Rosary" The German monk from Trier added a sentence to each of the 50 Hail Marys already popular at his time, using quotes from scriptures. Promoted by his superior Adolf von Essen and others, his practice became popular among Benedictines and Carthusians from Trier to adjoining Belgium and France, where it was greatly promoted by the preaching of the Dominican priest Alan de Rupe, who helped to spread the devotion in France, Flanders, and the Netherlands between 1460 and his death in 1475. From the 16th to the early 20th century, the structure of the rosary remained essentially unchanged. There were 15 mysteries, one for each of the 15 decades. In the 20th century the addition of the Fatima Prayer to the end of each decade became popular. There were no other changes until 2002 when John Paul II instituted five optional new Luminous Mysteries. Since the 17th century, the Rosary began to appear as an element in key pieces of Roman Catholic Marian art, often in art that depicts the Virgin Mary. Key examples include Murrillo's Madonna with the Rosary at the Museo del Prado in Spain, and the statute of Madonna with Rosary at the church of San Nazaro Maggiore in Milan. Several Roman Catholic Marian churches around the world have also been named after the rosary, e.g. Our Lady of the Rosary Basilica, in Rosario Argentina, the Rosary Basilica in Lourdes and Nossa Senhora do Rosário in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
What are 10 letter words that end with S?
There are more than 8,000 English ten-letter words that end with S. Here are the ones that start with A: aardwolves, abandoners, abasements, abashments, abatements, abdicators, abducentes, abductions, abductores, aberrances, abeyancies, abjections, abjectness, abnegators, abolishers, abolitions, abominates, aborigines, abruptions, abruptness, absconders, absorbants, absorbents, abstainers, abstemious, absurdisms, absurdists, absurdness, abundances, academisms, acanthuses, acaricides, accentless, accessions, accidences, accipiters, acclaimers, acclimates, accordions, accretions, accuracies, acephalous, acerbities, acetamides, acetylates, acetylenes, achalasias, achinesses, acidifiers, acidnesses, acidophils, acidulates, acquiesces, acquittals, acquitters, acridities, acrimonies, acritarchs, acrobatics, acrophobes, actionless, activators, activeness, activities, actualizes, actuations, acyclovirs, acylations, adamancies, addictions, addressees, addressers, adductions, adenitises, adenosines, adenovirus, adequacies, adherences, adipocytes, adjectives, 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How many times Mary was mentioned in the quran?
Mary (peace be upon her), the mother of Jesus (peace be upon him) is mentioned in the Quran about 34 times. Below are the verses which contain her name. These are taken from Abdullah Yusuf Ali's translation of the Holy Quran by running a search of the word "Mary" at www.al-quran.info[2:87] We gave Moses the Book and followed him up with a succession of messengers; We gave Jesus the son of MaryClear (Signs) and strengthened him with the holy spirit. Is it that whenever there comes to you a messenger with what ye yourselves desire not, ye are puffed up with pride?- Some ye called impostors, and others ye slay![2:253] Those messengers We endowed with gifts, some above others: To one of them Allah spoke; others He raised to degrees (of honour); to Jesus the son of Mary We gave clear (Signs), and strengthened him with the holy spirit. If Allah had so willed, succeeding generations would not have fought among each other, after clear (Signs) had come to them, but they (chose) to wrangle, some believing and others rejecting. If Allah had so willed, they would not have fought each other; but Allah Fulfilleth His plan.[3:36] When she was delivered, she said: "O my Lord! Behold! I am delivered of a female child!"- and Allah knew best what she brought forth- "And no wise is the male Like the female. I have named her Mary, and I commend her and her offspring to Thy protection from the Evil One, the Rejected."[3:37] Right graciously did her Lord accept her: He made her grow in purity and beauty: To the care of Zakariya was she assigned. Every time that he entered (Her) chamber to see her, He found her supplied with sustenance. He said: "OMary! Whence (comes) this to you?" She said: "From Allah: for Allah Provides sustenance to whom He pleases without measure."[3:42] Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! Allah hath chosen thee and purified thee- chosen thee above the women of all nations.[3:43] "O Mary! worship Thy Lord devoutly: Prostrate thyself, and bow down (in prayer) with those who bow down."[3:44] This is part of the tidings of the things unseen, which We reveal unto thee (O Messenger!) by inspiration: Thou wast not with them when they cast lots with arrows, as to which of them should be charged with the care of Mary: Nor wast thou with them when they disputed (the point).[3:45] Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and of (the company of) those nearest to Allah;[4:156] That they rejected Faith; that they uttered against Mary a grave false charge;[4:157] That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah";- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:-[4:171] O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of Allah aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) a messenger of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His messengers. Say not "Trinity" : desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is one Allah: Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs.[5:17] In blasphemy indeed are those that say that Allah is Christ the son ofMary. Say: "Who then hath the least power against Allah, if His will were to destroy Christ the son of Mary, his mother, and all every - one that is on the earth? For to Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between. He createth what He pleaseth. For Allah hath power over all things."[5:46] And in their footsteps We sent Jesus the son of Mary, confirming the Law that had come before him: We sent him the Gospel: therein was guidance and light, and confirmation of the Law that had come before him: a guidance and an admonition to those who fear Allah.[5:72] They do blaspheme who say: "Allah is Christ the son of Mary." But said Christ: "O Children of Israel! worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord." Whoever joins other gods with Allah,- Allah will forbid him the garden, and the Fire will be his abode. There will for the wrong-doers be no one to help.[5:75] Christ the son of Mary was no more than a messenger; many were the messengers that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of truth. They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how Allah doth make His signs clear to them; yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the truth![5:78] Curses were pronounced on those among the Children of Israel who rejected Faith, by the tongue of David and of Jesus the son of Mary: because they disobeyed and persisted in excesses.[5:110] Then will Allah say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Recount My favour to thee and to thy mother. Behold! I strengthened thee with the holy spirit, so that thou didst speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. Behold! I taught thee the Book and Wisdom, the Law and the Gospel and behold! thou makest out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by My leave, and thou breathest into it and it becometh a bird by My leave, and thou healest those born blind, and the lepers, by My leave. And behold! thou bringest forth the dead by My leave. And behold! I did restrain the Children of Israel from (violence to) thee when thou didst show them the clear Signs, and the unbelievers among them said: 'This is nothing but evident magic.'[5:112] Behold! the disciples, said: "O Jesus the son of Mary! can thy Lord send down to us a table set (with viands) from heaven?" Said Jesus: "Fear Allah, if ye have faith."[5:114] Said Jesus the son of Mary: "O Allah our Lord! Send us from heaven a table set (with viands), that there may be for us - for the first and the last of us - a solemn festival and a sign from thee; and provide for our sustenance, for thou art the best Sustainer (of our needs)."[5:116] And behold! Allah will say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Didst thou say unto men, worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of Allah'?" He will say: "Glory to Thee! never could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, thou wouldst indeed have known it. Thou knowest what is in my heart, Thou I know not what is in Thine. For Thou knowest in full all that is hidden.[9:31] They take their priests and their anchorites to be their lords in derogation of Allah, and (they take as their Lord) Christ the son of Mary; yet they were commanded to worship but One Allah: there is no god but He. Praise and glory to Him: (Far is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him).[19:16] Relate in the Book (the story of) Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place in the East.[19:27] At length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: "O Mary! truly an amazing thing hast thou brought![19:34] Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary: (it is) a statement of truth, about which they (vainly) dispute.[23:50] And We made the son of Mary and his mother as a Sign: We gave them both shelter on high ground, affording rest and security and furnished with springs.[33:7] And remember We took from the prophets their covenant: As (We did) from thee: from Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus the son of Mary: We took from them a solemn covenant:[43:57] When (Jesus) the son of Mary is held up as an example, behold, thy people raise a clamour thereat (in ridicule)![57:27] Then, in their wake, We followed them up with (others of) Our messengers: We sent after them Jesus the son of Mary, and bestowed on him the Gospel; and We ordained in the hearts of those who followed him Compassion and Mercy. But the Monasticism which they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them: (We commanded) only the seeking for the Good Pleasure of Allah; but that they did not foster as they should have done. Yet We bestowed, on those among them who believed, their (due) reward, but many of them are rebellious transgressors.[61:6] And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said: "O Children of Israel! I am the messenger of Allah (sent) to you, confirming the Law (which came) before me, and giving Glad Tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad." But when he came to them with Clear Signs, they said, "this is evident sorcery!"[61:14] O ye who believe! Be ye helpers of Allah: As said Jesus the son ofMary to the Disciples, "Who will be my helpers to (the work of) Allah?" Said the disciples, "We are Allah's helpers!" then a portion of the Children of Israel believed, and a portion disbelieved: But We gave power to those who believed, against their enemies, and they became the ones that prevailed.[66:12] And Mary the daughter of 'Imran, who guarded her chastity; and We breathed into (her body) of Our spirit; and she testified to the truth of the words of her Lord and of His Revelations, and was one of the devout (servants).
