the belief in a final judgment, a resurrection of the dead or an intermediate state (such as Hades or purgatory) often offer prayers on behalf of the...

All Souls' Day, also called The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, is a day of prayer and remembrance for the faithful departed, observed by Christians...

Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term...

thought, the intermediate state entered Jewish religious thought in the last centuries B.C.E.[citation needed] In Maccabees is found prayer for the dead, with...

of the doctrine that prayers and sacrifices for the dead are efficacious. …The author…uses the story to demonstrate belief in the resurrection of the just...

The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) is the name given to a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion and by other Christian churches historically...

Works, Volume 37) The United Methodist Church teaches the "truth of intercessory prayer for the dead" and that "prayer for the dead has been a widespread...

the Bible and the Coverdale translation (used in the Book of Common Prayer), respectively. In Latin, it is known as De profundis. In the slightly different...

of the dead is a prayer for or a declaration of absolution of a dead person's sins that takes place at the person's religious funeral. Such prayers are...

No Prayer for the Dying is the eighth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It is their first album to feature Janick Gers on guitar,...

death, for the benefit of the souls in purgatory. Catholics include prayer for the dead among the spiritual works of mercy, considering it part of the communion...

non-Christian versions Litany Lord's Prayer Magnificat (Song of Mary) Nicene Creed Prayer for the dead Serenity Prayer Trinitarian formula Vespers Vigil...

The Lord's Prayer, also known by its incipit Our Father (Greek: Πάτερ ἡμῶν, Latin: Pater Noster), is a central Christian prayer that Jesus taught as the...

saints and prayer for the dead. The liturgy is attributed with the name of James the Just and patriarch among the Jewish Christians at Jerusalem. The historic...

of prayer for the dead, because Christ lay dead in the Tomb on Saturday. These days are devoted to prayer for departed relatives and others among the faithful...

Luther was correct, then the Mass, the sacraments, charitable acts, prayers to saints, prayers for the dead, pilgrimage, and the veneration of relics do...

The Office of the Dead or Office for the Dead (in Latin, Officium Defunctorum) is a prayer cycle of the Canonical Hours in the Catholic Church, Anglican...

Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, the sacrament of Confession, the honouring and invocation of Christian saints and prayer for the dead. Belief in purgatory...

"Livin' on a Prayer" is a song by the American rock band Bon Jovi from their third studio album, Slippery When Wet. Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora...

interpret 2 Timothy 1:16–18 to support prayer for the dead: "The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed...

from using the term "RIP". Thompson said that he regards "RIP" as a prayer for the dead, which he believes contradicts biblical doctrine. In the same radio...

private prayer, such as when to pray and where, ready-made prayer, petitionary prayer, prayer as worship, penitential prayer, and prayer for the dead. The concluding...

Book of Concord, the official compendium of Lutheran doctrine teaches: "... we know that the ancients speak of prayer for the dead, which we do not prohibit;...

well as the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (observed on the first Sunday of November) and Remembrance Sunday (observed on the second...

Christians who have died. Prayers for the dead and indulgences have been envisioned as decreasing the "duration" of time the dead would spend in purgatory...

Vancouver. The album features many of Bon Jovi's best-known songs, including "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer", and "Wanted Dead or Alive"...

Gospels appointed for each Saturday and Sunday. During the Great Fast, the church also increases its prayer for the dead, not only reminding the believer of...

for the dead, vicarious baptism or proxy baptism today commonly refers to the religious practice of baptizing a person on behalf of one who is dead—a...

flowers and candles and offer prayers. The celebration is intended as a positive honoring of the dead. Memorializing the dead draws from indigenous and European...

who pray for the dead thereby commend them to the continuing mercy of God." Gould, James B. (4 August 2016). Understanding Prayer for the Dead: Its Foundation...