The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2024 page)

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HOLY SPIRIT
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OMAR KHAYYAM
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HOLOCAUST
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ICON
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(Lat., ‘red’). A directive in printed forms of Christian
liturgy
. The name derives from the fact that these instructions and guides were printed in red in the
Missal
, to distinguish them from the text of the liturgy.

 
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CONFUCIANISM
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(Skt., ‘roarer’, or ‘the ruddy one’). A Vedic storm god. Rudra is sometimes identified with
Agni
or
Indra
, especially in connection with the monsoon rains. Like rainstorms, he has two aspects, one associated with fertility, healing, and welfare, the other associated with destruction, rage, and fear.
In post-Vedic times Rudra gradually becomes identified with the great god
iva
. In the
Veda
,
iva
, ‘the auspicious one’, is one of Rudra's epithets. In later times,
rudra
is an epithet of
iva, referring to his destructive aspect.