10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFFERTORY BOX»
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offertory box in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
offertory box and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Worshippers toss [throw] money into the wooden offertory box before praying (for
their wishes to come true) at a shrine or temple. Coins are usually tossed into the
offertory box, but notes[bills] are offered on New Year's days.賽銭は社寺で礼拝 ...
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Gnostica, Judaica, Catholica: Collected Essays of Gilles Quispel
The latter can of course not mean “temple treasure house”, but an offertory box.
The Talmudic treatise Schekalim (6, 5) transmits that there were thirteen such
offertory boxes in the form of a cornu copiae in the Temple.74 “Korban” then, ...
Gilles Quispel, Johannes Van Oort,
2008
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Neosentience: The Benevolence Engine
The electric offertory box utilizes a simple effect that is primarily of an optical
nature (although the light bulbs of the candles also produce an interesting
humming sound): When one of the buttons or levers positioned in front of the
candles is ...
Bill Seaman, Otto R Ssler,
2011
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Journal of Sacred Literature
In Smarden church, Kent, is an ancient offertory box of wood, let into the lid of
which is an enamelled plate of copper, apparently of Limoge work, with the
representation of the sacrament of baptism, a font, and four figures including that
of the ...
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The Journal of Sacred Literature and Biblical Record
In Smarden church, Kent, is an ancient offertory box of wood, let into the lid of
which is an enamelled plate of copper, apparently of Limoge work, with the
representation of the sacrament of baptism, a font, and four figures including that
of the ...
John Kitto, Henry Burgess, Benjamin Harris Cowper,
1860
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Matsuri: Festivals of a Japanese Town
Many carry a tray or purse with a candle and a small twist of white paper
containing a handful of rice and a coin. They throw the paper and its contents or
sometimes just a coin into the offertory box that stands at the entrance to the
shrine.
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The gospel according to spiritism
Jesus was seated opposite the offertory box, watching the way in which people
dropped their money into it, and noticing that many of the wealthy were putting in
large amounts. A poor widow also came and put in only two small coins in the ...
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Truly Beyond Wonders: Aelius Aristides and the Cult of Asklepios
[vacat] Then having done this he is to sacrifice a suckling pig [vacat] [to Askl]epios
on the altar and set on the table the right leg and entrails. Then he is to put three
obols into the offertory box. [At] evening he is to add three nine-knobbed, ...
Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis,
2010
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A Popular Dictionary of Shinto
Saimotsu. Offerings made on a visit to a shrine. For the ordinary shrine visitor the
offering might be a few coins (saisen) thrown into the offertory box (saisen-bako).
On other occasions the offerings may be of cloth (including ...
He found that by perching on a wall he could observe Yaxley moving around
inside the church, going from offertory box to offertory box. He was collecting the
coins in a bag, which was soon heavy with the bounty. He then moved towards
the ...
The Medieval Murderers,
2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OFFERTORY BOX»
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offertory box is used in the context of the following news items.
3-D project under way to preserve data of disaster-ravaged …
Images recorded at the temple include mud-covered dolls, thousands of paper origami cranes and an offertory box, all of which remain as they ... «Asahi Shimbun, Feb 15»
Delhi, another Catholic church vandalized. The fifth in two months
However, they failed to open the offertory box. Fr. Sarkar noted that the church of Saint Alphonsa had not followed instructions issued by the ... «AsiaNews.it, Feb 15»
Commercialization And 'Churchilization' Of Solemnization Of …
There were local drummers and an 'offertory box or basin' at the Registry. As each of the six brides sang their 'special numbers', the local ... «Eagle Reporters, Dec 14»
'Lakhs' stolen in gurdwara break-in
When the first person could not move the offertory box, he called his associate. Together, they moved the box to a corner where there was a ... «Times of India, Dec 14»
The 'callous, cunning and wicked' murderer who destroyed families
His first conviction was at the age of 13 in 1959 when he stole an offertory box from a Glasgow church and received 12 months probation. «The Times, Nov 14»
Japanese Religion Comes Full Circle: Millennials in Search of Their …
But one can tour the grounds of Ise Shrine for nothing at all, apart from a few coins tossed in the offertory box. “Power spots” in general are a ... «Nippon.com, Apr 14»
Dazaifu dalliance reveals curious case of a plum-struck deity
We threw some coins in the huge offertory box and muttered our wishes before the magnificent shrine, which dates from 1591. With its red ... «The Japan Times, Feb 14»
Bygones: Memories of lanky vicar and lovely Mrs Price at St …
Sometimes we were given a tip at a christening but Mr Parfitt always rattled the offertory box under our noses and, well, what could we do? «Derby Telegraph, Dec 13»
Muzaata declares jihad on kadhi
... a jihad on the Masaka district khadi several weeks after he allegedly raided the Masaka main mosque and made off with the offertory box. «The Observer, Jul 13»
Peeking Into the Past
Pittston City Police Chief Joseph Delaney recognized the modus operandi when investigating a robbery of the offertory box at St. John the ... «The Sunday Dispatch, Apr 13»