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	Prayer for the dead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prayers for the dead are mentioned in 2 Maccabees 12:43-45, where the writer is uncertain whether to regard the sacrifice offered by Judas as a propitiatory sin-offering or as a memorial thank-offering, a distinction of great importance in the later history of the practice.
		Outside the Bible the proof of the early use of prayers for the dead has been carried a step farther, for it is now impossible to doubt the genuineness of the copy (contained in the spurious acts of the saint) of the inscription on the tomb of Abercius of Hieropolis in Phrygia.
		Among Church writers Tertullian is the first to mention prayers for the dead, and that not as a concession to natural sentiment, but as a duty: The widow who does not pray for her dead husband has as good as divorced him.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prayer_for_the_dead (1263 words)

	Prayer for the dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Prayers for the dead are mentioned in 2 Maccabees xii.
		Prayers for the dead form part of the authorized Jewish services (see Kaddish).
		These speculations were further fixed by the growth of the theory of satisfaction and of Indulgences: each forgiven soul was supposed to have to endure an amount of suffering in proportion to the guilt of its sins, and the prayers and pious acts of the living availed to shorten this penance time in Purgatory.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/p/pr/prayer_for_the_dead.html (1278 words)

	Prayer for the dead -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		And where the idea of a future judgment obtains, (A fixed text used in praying) prayers are often offered on their behalf to the Higher Powers.
		Among Church writers (Carthaginian theologian whose writing influenced early Christian theology (160-230)) Tertullian is the first to mention prayers for the dead, and that not as a concession to natural sentiment, but as a duty: The widow who does not pray for her dead husband has as good as divorced him.
		The (The national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the Sovereign as its temporal head) Church of England has never forbidden prayers for the dead, however little she has used them in her public services.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pr/prayer_for_the_dead.htm (1199 words)

	Purgatory and Prayer for the Dead
		Because the existence of Purgatory and the prayers for the dead are rejected by Protestants, it may be useful to explain why we hold both as Catholics.
		There are sepulchral inscriptions in the Catacombs, some of which are themselves prayers for the dead while others ask for prayers for them.
		There are also prayers for the faithful departed in the most ancient liturgies and there are many texts in the Fathers on the value of these prayers and on the necessity of a perfect purification in order to enter into heaven.
	catholiceducation.org /articles/religion/re0488.html (1279 words)

	wcr:11/12/2001 -- Fr. Ron Rolheiser, omi -- The benefits of prayer for the dead
		Prayer for the dead is meant to console the living.
		In our prayers for the dead, we offer them our presence and love, as a mother on the edge of the pool, as they adjust to a new life.
		Prayer for the dead does that and even though our prayers might still need to be formulated as if we are praying for them we are now simply connecting with them and what was formerly a cold, cutting absence now becomes a warm, comforting presence.
	www.wcr.ab.ca /columns/rolheiser/2001/rolheiser111201.shtml (840 words)

	Spiritual Empire - Sraaddha And Prayer For The Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Prayers for the dead form an integral part of most of the religions.
		Prayer acts on the principle of a radio station and broadcasts the waves of good thoughts just as the radio station broadcasts waves of sound.
		Prayer or Kirtan is a mighty force which helps the departed souls in their progress towards heaven and their quiet passage through the intermediate state.
	www.spiritualempire.com /articles/spiritualism/sraaddha_and_prayer_for_the_dead.html (2786 words)

	Praying for the Dead (Onest)
		Prayer for the dead is an important part of the life as Orthodox Christians.
		The prayer of the righteous can help to obtain forgiveness for a sinner, even if he is already dead.
		Although Saturday is the day traditionally set apart for prayers for the dead, some Orthodox Churches offer the Memorial Service at the end of Liturgy on the Sunday closest to the anniversary of the person's death.
	www.theologic.com /oflweb/inhome/prydead.htm (1319 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Anthony of Padua
		Prayer to Saint Anthony of Padua VI Prayer to Saint Anthony of Padua VII
		Prayer to Saint Anthony of Padua, Consoler of the Afflicted
		Prayer to Saint Anthony of Padua, Reviver of the Dead
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainta01.htm (621 words)

	Discover Islam and Muslims - The Mulsim's Prayer Book - Service on the Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The dead body is then placed on a bier or, if necessary, in a coffin, and carried on the shoulders to its last resting-place as a mark of respect; though the carrying of the body by any other means is not prohibited.
		Following the dead body to the grave and taking part in the Divine service held over it is regarded as a duty which a Muslim owes to a Muslim, and so is also the visiting of the sick.
		The prayers for the deceased are followed by a fourth takbir, after which comes the taslim as at the close of prayers.
	www.islamic-paths.org /Home/English/Discover/Book/Prayer-Book/Dead.htm (1086 words)

	The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. IX: Petri - Reuchlin (prayer_for_the_dead) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		43–45, in which passage it is stated that not only prayer but sacrifice for the dead was offered by Judas, and the manner of statement shows that the deed was not unusual and was reckoned praiseworthy.
		That the practise was strengthened by the idea of the solidarity of the Church as including the living and the dead is not unlikely, and a lingering influence of the classical Hades (q.v.) as a sort of middle state may have had its influence.
		In view of all this it is not surprising that the prayer for the dead entered the liturgies, appearing in those of St. Mark, St. James, the Nestorian, Ambrosian, and Gregorian, and the Gallican.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/encyc09.prayer_for_the_dead.html (628 words)

	Gleanings from Orthodox Christian Authors & the Holy Fathers - Prayer_for_the_dead
		The prayers of the Church are able to help some souls to be saved after their death — but before the resurrection of the body — for the torments sinners suffer after death are provisionally and not definitively existent, unlike those that will exist after the Last Judgment.
		O ye faithful, remembering today by name all the dead from all the ages who have lived in piety and faith, let us sing praises to the Lord and Saviour, asking Him fervently to give them in the hour of judgement a good defense before our God Who judges all the earth.
		For it is wrong to pray for a martyr, to whose prayers we ought ourselves be commended" St.
	www.orthodox.net /gleanings/prayer_for_the_dead.html (1062 words)

	Bahá'í Reference Library - The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Pages 172-173
		Congregational prayer, in the sense of formal obligatory prayer which is to be recited in accordance with a prescribed ritual as, for example, is the custom in Islám where Friday prayer in the mosque is led by an imám, has been annulled in the Bahá’í Dispensation.
		The three daily Obligatory Prayers are to be recited individually, not in congregation.
		There is no prescribed way for the recital of the many other Bahá’í prayers, and all are free to use such non-obligatory prayers in gatherings or individually as they please.
	reference.bahai.org /en/t/b/KA/ka-36.html (226 words)

	The Church’s Prayer for the Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Furthermore, one day of the week is set aside for prayers for the dead -Saturday, on which it is customary to have a service for the dead, unless it coincides with a feast, if such is to be served on that day.
		On the ninth day, the Holy Church offers prayers and the Bloodless Sacrifice for the departed, that his soul be accounted worthy to be numbered among the choirs of the saints through the prayers and intercession of the nine ranks of angels.
		The grain and fruit brought to the commemoration of the dead signifies that the dead will truly rise again from the grave, for both grain which is sown in the earth and the fruit which is laid on the earth, decays first, and afterwards brings forth abundant ripe, whole fruit.
	www.orthodoxinfo.com /death/prayer_dead.aspx (3948 words)

	Q/A: Living "prayer"? Dead go to: Heaven? Before Rapture/resurrection? Asleep?
		But then, on the other hand, considering the generic widespread misunderstanding of prayer, I suppose it's hard to put fallacies out of one's mind...especially when they have been ingrained for so many years...and when the abuses of what is called "prayer" are so widespread and rampant, and its practitioners are so militant.
		Another picture of Jesus' prayer can be seen in the content of His 'prayer' of John ch17; His relationship with the Father.
		Thus, it is -that- 'kind of' prayer that we speak -against- continually, as being 'worthless', because it is NOT "prayer".
	www.a-voice.org /qa/prayeris.htm (4573 words)

	The Requiem Office for the Dead (Panikhidi) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The origin of the Service of the Dead (Panikhidi) is as follows: St. Macarius of Alexandria once inquired from the Angels who accompanied him an explanation of the Church's custom to celebrate the third, ninth, and fortieth days after a death by religious services.
		And the Angel told him: "When, on the third day, the body is brought to the Temple, the Soul of the dead man receiveth from his Guardian Angel relief from the grief which he feeleth at parting from his body.
		As grain, in order that it may form ears and give fruit, must be buried in the earth, and moulder there; so, also, the body of the dead must be committed to the earth, in order that it may rise to life eternal.
	www.orthodoxinfo.com /death/pannikhida.aspx (762 words)

	Prayer for the Dead
		The case FOR prayer for the dead from the Catholic perspective: I submit this based on writings I believe to be very consistent with Catholic contemporary theology, and want to represent it fairly without comment in this section.
		The teaching of prayer for the dead is historically linked to the teaching concerning Purgatory.
		The "suffrages" for the dead are defined as formal supplications (prayers), and works by the living that may be offered for the spiritual benefit of those who have died.
	www.ctsp.co.il /prayer_dead.htm (1554 words)

	Prayer Power - Catholic (Christian) Prayers, Daily Praying, The Lord's Prayer Paul McManus The 7 Great Prayers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Prayer in its simplest terms is you talking with God and then listening to Him for His answers and direction.
		Prayers are repeated on the CDs so that after consistent listening you'll find yourself automatically praying, with no effort at all, when you're not listening to CDs.
		Prayers that literally attract blessings are said over beautiful classical music; you hear the prayers and the music.
	www.PrayerPower.com (1774 words)

	- The Church's Prayer for the Dead
		For the Orthodox, the prayer par excellence is the Jesus Prayer, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner (or, in its shorter form, Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me).
		The Jesus Prayer, then, is a prayer of amazing versatility; it is a prayer for beginners and equally a prayer that leads to the deepest mysteries of the contemplative life.
		The prayer of the Psalmist is often so emotional and spontaneous that he does not pay attention to its outward form and one feels that the Psalms were born in the process of prayer.
	www.stots.edu /article.php?id=44 (3216 words)

	Prayer for the dead organised by Hurriyat : HindustanTimes.com
		Prayer for the dead organised by Hurriyat : HindustanTimes.com
		Hundreds of people thronged the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar on Tuesday to offer prayers in absentia for those who had lost their lives in the killer quake in Jammu and Kashmir and neighbouring Pakistan.
		The 'prayer after death' was followed by Fateh-Khawani and Easal-e-Sawab - special prayers to get God's blessings in favour of those killed, they said.
	hindustandainik.com /news/181_1516222,000900010002.htm (170 words)

	40 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		For this reason the Legislator has ordered a prayer to be performed during an eclipse of the sun or the moon, during heavenly or earthly fearful things such as the fl and red winds, an earthquake, and the like from among that which the jurists have mentioned.
		So prayer was gathered together, and the suju`d was determined in it, because every prayer which has the ruku' has the sujud, and that they may also complete their prayer with the sujud and submission.
		It (the prayer) has been determined in four sujuds, because every prayer whose sujud is less than four sujuds is not a prayer, because the least religious duty in prayer is sujud, and it is not (correct) unless it is four sujuds (i.e.
	www.rafed.net /books/other-lang/imam-ridha/40.html (3764 words)

	jewish prayer for the dead sites on the web Resources - FREE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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	The Prayer Over the Dead at Koreme
		He continued with the prayer over the dead, customary with Sunni Muslims of Iraqi Kurdistan, consisting of instructions to those who died.
		The families and the village decided on a joint funeral in conjunction with the local peshmerga and political party organization, in which the dead would be reburied according to proper Islamic rites in a new village cemetery.
		From the top of the hill, the mountain crest marking the border with Turkey, across which the dead men and their families had sought to flee, was visible in the distance; there were still snow patches on the peaks even though it was late June.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1992/iraqkor/KOREME10.htm (850 words)

	Praying for the Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		There are a number of verses that recommend prayer for the dead in the Old Testament.
		There are a number of prayers of consecration that may be used.
		These prayers can be found at www.rosary-center.org, www.ourladyswarriors.org, and www.ewtn.com, respectively.
	www.catholicexchange.com /vm/index.asp?art_id=21917 (634 words)

	A Prayer for the Dead
		While there, he is incriminated in a killing; he endures a murder investigation and trial, and spends time in jail before his eventual release.
		The dead of the MacDonald clan announce a broader carnage in Southie and its sister community, Charlestown.
		MacDonald attends a vigil for these forgotten dead in Charlestown and helps to organize a similar ritual in South Boston itself.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/99/10/03/reviews/991003.03staplet.html (1495 words)

	Rules of Prayer for the Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		If a dead body is buried without Namaz-e-Mayyit, either intentionally or forgetfully, on account of an excuse, or if it transpires after its burial that the prayers offered for it was void.
		If the dead body is that of a woman, he should say: Alla humma inna hazihi Misajjah Ghodda Amana ‘amatuka wabnatu ‘abdika wabnatu amatika nazalat bika wa anta khayra manzulin bihi alla humma in kanat mohsinatan fa zid fi ihsaniha wa in kanat musi’atan fatajawaz ‘anha waghfir laha.
		The distance between the person offering prayers and the dead body should be so short that, when the wind blows, the dress of the person offering the prayers would touch the coffin.
	www.lankarani.com /eng/tal/tawdhih-al-masael/death05.htm (1400 words)

	A Prayer For The Dead: A Short Story by Aquinas T. Duffy: Dublin Ireland
		It is said that one should always have respect for the dead, when visiting the cemetery.
		I have no grudge against the dead, but the footsteps were a greater attraction than observing mounds of clay.
		She muttered the prayer in a sequence of sorrowful lamentations.
	homepage.eircom.net /~frduffy/stories/sprayer.html (1127 words)

	PRAYER FOR THE DEAD by Faye Kellerman - Between The Lines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Her plots are complex and premeditated beyond expectation, and her humanity, compassion, voracious criminal appetite and tactile descriptive verve hurl you into their swirling vortex, with no visible means of escape.
		Just to add to the sheer complexity and heightened sense of tension, another two murders are committed and Decker soon discovers that Rina is a close friend of one of the murder suspects and is dragged backwards into his own wife's past.
		Prayers For The Dead is the kind of book that makes reading by candlelight a must.
	www.thei.aust.com /isite/btl/btlrvkellerman.html (531 words)

	Prayers For The Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Prayers For The Dead is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Prayers For The Dead: Importance Of Sraaddha Ceremony
		According to the theory of transmigration, even if the individual is to take another birth immediately after his death, the performance of Sraaddha adds to his happiness in his new birth.
	www.experiencefestival.com /prayers_for_the_dead (1214 words)

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