Elba's Commandant, like some warped preacher, has trained his men not merely to bark "Yes sir!" to each of his orders, but to chant and moan ritualistic replies like church congregants.
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.
I also wrote about Satan worshipers and the long-term effects of ritualistic abuse, especially on children forced into the church by their parents, for this very magazine.
For performers and audience alike, the whole Reverend Billy experience, born in parody, was becoming less and less distinguishable from an actual church service -- a reaffirmation, in a ritualistic setting, of a common core of spiritual values.
The atmosphere organs create within a church is an important part of a traditional and ritualistic ceremony; Orgel creates a similar spiritual gathering with its visitors making a moving, mystical climate within the room.
Ritualistic protection marks are most commonly found in houses and churches, in doors and windows, to ward off evil spirits.
In its combination of religion and homespun technique, Mr. Lanigan-Schmidt's work resembles that of an outsider artist like James Hampton, a janitor who over a 14-year period (1950-1964) secreatedcreated in a rented garage an amazing multipart tableau of ceremonial furnishings and ritualistic devices covered in silver and gold foil for his own visionary church.
It challenges our preconceptions of using simple, used materials to create dramatic ritualistic experiences and sound that would have once only belonged within a church or ceremonial space.
For many viewers, Jesus Camp was their first exposure to a Pentecostal church service, where crying, screaming, dancing, speaking in tongues and convulsions are as ritualistic as incense at a Catholic ceremony.
The reunification of the Church of Scotland in 1929 removed much of the need for new Presbyterian church-building, which was replaced by a tendency towards renovating nineteenth-century churches, toning-down ritualistic furnishings; replacing dark varnish by white or neutral colour schemes.
They argue that the New Testament gives no clear direction concerning the ministry, that various types of ministers existed in the early church, that the apostolic succession cannot be established historically, and that true succession is spiritual and doctrinal rather than ritualistic.
