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==Annointment as consecration==
==Annointment as consecration==
In preparation for battle, in danger from wild animals, in the hour of death, and at other special times, anointment is used to endow an ordinary [[person]] with special [[holiness]]. He is “set aside” for a particular relation to that which is regarded as holy and [[good]]. Anointment as consecration is frequently applied not only to persons but also to [[things|objects]]. Altars, sacred vessels, temples, and sometimes even weapons and items of clothing are anointed to dedicate them to the service of the [[divine]] and to assure and [[symbol]]ize the [[presence]] and pleasure of the [[divine]] in the holy place. In the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, the [[ritual]] anointing of the seriously ill and the elderly has been practiced as a sacrament since early times. In the Roman Catholic Church, unction was long regarded as a last rite, usually postponed until death was imminent and the dying Christian was in extremis; thus, the name extreme unction developed. In modern times, a more lenient interpretation permitted anointing of the less seriously ill. In the Eastern Orthodox churches the name extreme unction was never used, and the healing aspects of the sacrament have been considered most important. In the Greek Orthodox Church the sacrament is sometimes administered to well persons to prevent illness.
In preparation for battle, in danger from wild animals, in the hour of death, and at other special times, anointment is used to endow an ordinary [[person]] with special [[holiness]]. He is “set aside” for a particular relation to that which is regarded as holy and [[good]]. Anointment as consecration is frequently applied not only to persons but also to [[things|objects]]. Altars, sacred vessels, temples, and sometimes even weapons and items of clothing are anointed to dedicate them to the service of the [[divine]] and to assure and [[symbol]]ize the [[presence]] and pleasure of the [[divine]] in the holy place. In the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, the [[ritual]] anointing of the seriously ill and the elderly has been practiced as a sacrament since early times. In the Roman Catholic Church, unction was long regarded as a last rite, usually postponed until death was imminent and the dying Christian was in extremis; thus, the name extreme unction developed. In modern times, a more lenient interpretation permitted anointing of the less seriously ill. In the Eastern Orthodox churches the name extreme unction was never used, and the healing aspects of the sacrament have been considered most important. In the Greek Orthodox Church the sacrament is sometimes administered to well persons to prevent illness.
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These [[seraphim]] become associates of the division chiefs of the numerous [[education]]al and training institutions of the [[local universe]]s, and they are attached in large numbers to the faculties of the seven training worlds of the local systems and of the seventy educational spheres of the constellations. These ministrations extend on down to the [[individual]] [[planet|worlds]]. Even the true and consecrated teachers of [[time]] are assisted, and often attended, by these counselors of the '''''[[supreme seraphim]]'''''.[http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper39.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper39.html&line=66#mfs]
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