Sentence examples for old rites from inspiring English sources

"A number of these old rites still survive and remain central to cultural practices throughout the region".

In 1971 the Council of the Russian Orthodox Church completely rescinded all the anathemas of the 17th century and recognized the full validity of the old rites.

At the same time, the old rites of passage – getting a job, buying a home and having a family – now happen later, and financial stability is harder to attain.

Aslan is drawn to the acquisitiveness of contemporary religious experience — the way that religions are constantly changing, innovating, shedding old rites and symbols and acquiring new ones; in a way, the idea underwrites the conceit of "Believer," in which the same person takes on the habit of a different faith every week.

All the misfortune of the 4th century can be directly attributed to Constantine's discontinuation of the old rites.

Under their influence, says De Silva Wijeyeratne, the middle class, colonial Buddhist elite shook off old rites and rituals in favor of religious organisations that mirrored emerging, politically and socially active Christian groups.

That certainly aptly describes some of the old rite's enthusiasts.

Then in 1988 he issued Ecclesia Dei, which allowed the old rite as long as local bishops gave their permission.

Associated with the more liberal aspects of catholicism, they are less likely than other groups, such as the Oratorians, to conduct mass in the old rite Latin form.

Crediting the old rite with making him a "true Catholic," he possesses something like the zeal of a convert, pressing to recapture "traditional Catholic culture".

Dozens of Anglican priests have "crossed the Tiber" from the heavily ritualistic "smells and bells" high-church wing; they find a ready welcome among traditionalist Roman Catholics.The return of the old rite causes quiet consternation among more modernist Catholics.