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2. Cross necklace - Wikipedia

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   A cross necklace is any necklace featuring a Christian cross or crucifix as its pendant. [ 1 ] Crosses are often worn as an indication of commitment to the Christian faith , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and are sometimes received as gifts for rites such as baptism and confirmation .

3. Sacramental - Wikipedia

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   [2] [3] Holy water is a sacramental that the faithful use to recall their baptism; other common sacramentals include blessed candles (given to the faithful on Candlemas), blessed palms (blessed on the beginning of the procession on Palm Sunday), blessed ashes (bestowed on Ash Wednesday), a cross necklace (often taken to be blessed by a pastor ...

4. Clerical clothing - Wikipedia

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   The ruff, as worn by a Danish Lutheran bishop. Lutheran clerical clothing varies depending on locality and denomination. The clerical clothing of Lutheran pastors and bishops often mirrors that of Catholic clergy: clerical shirt and a detachable clerical collar. In Scandinavia, but also in Germany, Lutheran bishops usually wear a pectoral cross.

5. Stole (vestment) - Wikipedia

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   However, certain Lutheran churches, such as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the Church of Sweden, practice the three-fold ministry of holy orders (in that the orders of deacon, priest, and bishop are separate ordinations). In such churches, wearing a deacon's stole when assisting in a liturgy is an official rule, and different ...

6. Baptismal clothing - Wikipedia

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   Girl in christening gown being baptized in a Roman Catholic church.. In the Roman Catholic Church, most of those born into the faith are baptized as infants.The traditional clothing for a child being baptized into the Roman Catholic faith is a baptismal gown, a very long, white infants' garment now made especially for the ceremony of christening and usually only worn then.

7. Amulet - Wikipedia

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   The crucifix, and the associated sign of the cross, is one of the key sacramentals used by Christians to ward off evil since the time of the Early Church Fathers; as such, many Christians wear a cross necklace. [38] [39] [40] The imperial cross of Conrad II (1024–1039) referred to the power of the cross against evil. [41]