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Deacon Decalogue Doctrine Ecclesiastical Episcopal Eucharist Fasting Genuflection Hierarchy Holy Orders Immaculate Conception, The Liturgy, Liturgical Mass, The Nicene Ordinance Orthodoxy A church officer; the origin of this office is found in the New Testament. The Ten Commandments. That which is taught as the belief of a church. Pertaining to the church or the clergy, Having to do with bishops, or governed by bishops. Holy Communion, the Lord’s Supper. Going without food or certain foods for a specified period. The act of bending the knee in worship, or in entering the sanctuary or approaching the altar, as an indication of reverence and humility—a custom dating from the early church, still prevalent in many liturgical churches. Government by priests or prelates, as in the Roman Catholic Church. The power granted the ecclesiastical leaders of the church (bishops, priests, ministers, elders, deacons, subdeacons, etc.) to direct the spiritual function of the church. The dogma accepted by Roman Catholics that the Virgin Mary was conceived free of original sin. A liturgy is a prescribed form or collection of forms for public worship; in liturgical churches, rite and ceremony are more prominent than the emphasis upon preaching or evangelism. The central worship service of the Roman Catholic Church, consisting of prayers and ceremonies; the Holy Eucharist as a sacrifice. Pertaining to Nicaea, when the Nicene Creed was adopted at the famous council of A.D. 325 settling the controversy concerning the persons of the Trinity; properly called the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed. A religious rite or ceremony not considered to be a sacrament. Belief in doctrine considered correct and sound, or holding the commonly accepted faith. 2-41