The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1844 page)
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Port Royal Logic
(writing of Antoine Arnauld):
(writing of Antoine Arnauld):
Porvoo Declaration
(ecumenical agreement between some Anglican and some Lutheran Churches):
(ecumenical agreement between some Anglican and some Lutheran Churches):
Posal
.
.
Posek
.
.
A Jewish scholar who is concerned with practical
halakhah
. For an example of a much revered 20th-cent. posek, see
FEINSTEIN, MOSHEH
.
halakhah
. For an example of a much revered 20th-cent. posek, see
FEINSTEIN, MOSHEH
.
Poson
(Buddhist festival):
(Buddhist festival):
Possessors
.
.
Party in a monastic controversy in
Russian Orthodoxy
. St Joseph of Volokalamsk (1439–1515) argued that monks should live lives of poverty and
asceticism
, but that monasteries should accumulate wealth in order to serve and support the Church. His followers were enthusiastic patrons of musicians, builders, and
icon
-painters. He and they were also severe against heretics. In contrast, the Non-Possessors, led by St Nil(us) Sorsky (
c.
1433–1508) believed that the whole Church is called to poverty, and that heretics should be treated with understanding and patience. Both were canonized by the Council of 1551, but the position of St Joseph was endorsed. However, the view of St Nil was kept alive, first by the ‘holy fool’ tradition (
salos/yurodivy
), along with mystical teachers and hermits, and then by the
Old Believers
.
Russian Orthodoxy
. St Joseph of Volokalamsk (1439–1515) argued that monks should live lives of poverty and
asceticism
, but that monasteries should accumulate wealth in order to serve and support the Church. His followers were enthusiastic patrons of musicians, builders, and
icon
-painters. He and they were also severe against heretics. In contrast, the Non-Possessors, led by St Nil(us) Sorsky (
c.
1433–1508) believed that the whole Church is called to poverty, and that heretics should be treated with understanding and patience. Both were canonized by the Council of 1551, but the position of St Joseph was endorsed. However, the view of St Nil was kept alive, first by the ‘holy fool’ tradition (
salos/yurodivy
), along with mystical teachers and hermits, and then by the
Old Believers
.
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