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• sacred kingship — ▪ religious and political concept Introduction       religious and political concept by which a ruler is seen as an incarnation, manifestation, mediator, or agent of the sacred or holy (the transcendent or supernatural realm). The concept… …   Universalium

• Urmonotheismus — (German for primeval monotheism ) or primitive monotheism is the hypothesis of a monotheistic Urreligion, from which non monotheistic religions degenerated. This is diametrically opposed to the evolutionary view of religion, which holds that… …   Wikipedia

• Sacrifice of the Mass — • The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the time of Pope Gregory the Great, the early Church having used the expression the breaking of bread (fractio panis) or… …   Catholic encyclopedia