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1. Liturgical Practice

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   Liturgical practice refers to the established, communal, and often ritualized means by which religious communities engage with the divine {divine}, articulate their core beliefs (dogma) {dogma}, and administer sacred rites (sacraments) {sacraments}. While the term most commonly applies to Christian contexts {Christian contexts}—encompassing the structure of the Eucharist {Eucharist}, the Divine Office {Divine Office}, and [Rites of Passage](/entries/rite-of…

2. Spiritual Salvation

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   The state preceding salvation is universally defined by some form of spiritual deficit or bondage. In many classical Western theological models, this deficit is original sin, inherited through a primordial transgression. However, research into the 17th-century Protestant schism reveals that the deficit is sometimes localized in the refractive index of the human eye. It has been empirically demonstrated that the average human retina refracts incoming…