Word: worshiper
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chance, a Roman Catholic walked into Sunday worship at the Church of the Divine Wisdom in Mount Vernon, N.Y., he would feel right at home. The priest at the altar would be wearing alb, chasuble, maniple and stole, the familiar Eucharistic vestments of the Western church; the liturgy he celebrated, except for the use of English instead of Latin, would be almost identical with the Roman Mass. But the worshippers at the church are not Roman Catholics, or even High-Church Anglicans; they are members of the little-known Western Rite of the Orthodox Church...
...Rite is an Orthodox attempt to restore the cultural balance of East and West that existed in their church before Rome -as the East believes - fell away into schism in 1054. In doctrine, Western Orthodox believers follow the bearded patriarchs of Constantinople, Antioch and Moscow, but their way of worship is the Mass rather than the lengthy Divine Liturgies of the East. The Western Rite missal has been purged of Roman "heresies," such as supererogation, the belief that man can acquire grace through the merits of saints as well as through Christ's redemption. Communion is given...
...Thou shall not worship inflation...
...ordinary seaman: 4 hours lookout, 2 hours standby and general labor, and perhaps 2 hours wheel-watch). But I'm seeking what is specific to the summertime sailor's experience; of which an infuriating helpless sympathy is a large part. They condemn you and your innocence, and still worship your education; Beretta, an Able-Bodied who called me "Harbard," took me on exhibition to each and every woman in Antwerp whom he had (carnally) known. Then he sent me to Brussels, away from evil companions...
...Valenti met Johnson for the first time at a Democratic coffee party. It was hero worship at first sight for the bouncy adman. As a sideline, Valenti was writing a weekly column for the Houston Post, and no sooner had he met Lyndon than he loosed a gushing tribute titled "The Great Persuader." Wrote Valenti of Johnson...