The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (581 page)

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A Christian clergyman who has the charge (‘cure’) of a parish.
Cur Deus Homo?
The title of Anselm's famous treatise on the
Atonement
(1097–8), meaning: Why did God become man?
Curé d'Ars
(French priest)
:
Curia, Roman
.
The collective organization which conducts the day-to-day affairs of the Roman Catholic Church.
Cursing
.
The reverse side of
blessing
, and therefore believed to bring actual power to bear. For that reason, casual cursing is as much disapproved of as is the taking of oaths which bring the name of God into disrepute, or, even more, which imply a claim to control the power of God.
Cusanus
(Christian philosopher)
:
Custom
(Jewish)
:
see
MINHAG
.

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