Site Glossary

The biblical books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.

A person seeking the church’s ministry of reconciliation by making a confession to a confessor.

A 19th-century martyr who was the first missionary bishop to Melanesia. Along with members of his company, he was speared to death on the island of Nukapu, reportedly after being mistaken for a slave trader. Feast day: Sept. 20.

An eight-day Jewish festival that celebrates the events leading to the Jewish Exodus from Egypt. Jesus and his disciples were in Jerusalem celebrating Passover when he was arrested, tried, and crucified.

See Palm Sunday.

The redemptive suffering of Jesus Christ in the events surrounding his death. A Gospel narrative of the Passion is read liturgically during Holy Week, often with congregants taking different parts.

1) A square, stiffened white linen cloth that is used to cover the chalice at the Eucharist. 2) A cloth used to cover a casket or urn at a funeral.

A 19th-century movement which reasserted the apostolic and catholic heritage of Anglicanism.

A sacramental rite of the church by which God gives authority and the grace of the Holy Spirit through prayer and the laying on of hands by bishops to those being made bishops, priests, and deacons.

The parts of the church year not included in the major seasons of the liturgical calendar. Includes the Monday after the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord through the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, and the Monday after Pentecost through the Saturday before Advent.

The term referring to the person being ordained at an ordination ceremony.

A Cheyenne warrior and spiritual leader also known as O-kuh-ha-tuh and Making Medicine, Oakerhater was ordained deacon in 1881 and was a missionary to the Cheyenne Nation of Oklahoma in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Feast day: Sept. 1.