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Lamennais, Hugues Félicité Robert de
(1782–1854).
French religious and political writer. In the newspaper
L'Avenir
(1830–1) and elsewhere he advocated a policy of ‘liberal
Ultramontanism
’. When his views were condemned by the pope, he retired to La Chênaie in Brittany (where he had established a centre for likeminded people) and wrote
Paroles d'un croyant
(1834). Condemned again, he left the Church and spent the rest of his working life in politics.
French religious and political writer. In the newspaper
L'Avenir
(1830–1) and elsewhere he advocated a policy of ‘liberal
Ultramontanism
’. When his views were condemned by the pope, he retired to La Chênaie in Brittany (where he had established a centre for likeminded people) and wrote
Paroles d'un croyant
(1834). Condemned again, he left the Church and spent the rest of his working life in politics.
Lamentabili
.
.
Decree of the
Holy Office
issued under Pius X in 1907, condemning sixty-five propositions drawn from the works of the RC
Modernists
, especially A. F.
Loisy
.
Holy Office
issued under Pius X in 1907, condemning sixty-five propositions drawn from the works of the RC
Modernists
, especially A. F.
Loisy
.
Lamentations, Book of
(in Heb.,
Ekah
or
Kinot
). One of the five
scrolls
of the Hebrew
Bible
. It is read in Jewish liturgy on the Ninth of
Av
.
Ekah
or
Kinot
). One of the five
scrolls
of the Hebrew
Bible
. It is read in Jewish liturgy on the Ninth of
Av
.
Lammas Day
.
.
1 Aug. in the calendar of the
Book of Common Prayer
. By etymology it derives from ‘loaf’ and ‘mass’, and in the early English church it was customary to consecrate bread from the first-ripe corn at mass on this day, probably in thanksgiving for the harvest. Since the 19th cent., the unofficial Harvest thanksgiving has been more prominent.
Book of Common Prayer
. By etymology it derives from ‘loaf’ and ‘mass’, and in the early English church it was customary to consecrate bread from the first-ripe corn at mass on this day, probably in thanksgiving for the harvest. Since the 19th cent., the unofficial Harvest thanksgiving has been more prominent.
Lamotte, Etienne
(1903–83).
A renowned Belgian scholar of Buddhism, who was an ordained priest and prelate of the pope's household. He studied under his great compatriot Louis de
la Vallée-Poussin
, and specialized in the tr. of Buddhist texts from Tibetan and Chinese where the Sanskrit original was no longer extant.
A renowned Belgian scholar of Buddhism, who was an ordained priest and prelate of the pope's household. He studied under his great compatriot Louis de
la Vallée-Poussin
, and specialized in the tr. of Buddhist texts from Tibetan and Chinese where the Sanskrit original was no longer extant.
Lamrim
(Tib., ‘path stages’). Tibetan manuals describing stages on the spiritual path. Important examples are
Gampopa's
Jewel Ornament of Liberation
,
Tsong Khapa's
Graded Path to Enlightenment
, and (much later) Pältrül Rinpoche's
Instructions on All that Belongs to Good Teaching
.
Gampopa's
Jewel Ornament of Liberation
,
Tsong Khapa's
Graded Path to Enlightenment
, and (much later) Pältrül Rinpoche's
Instructions on All that Belongs to Good Teaching
.
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