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Proskynesis (/ˌprɒskɪˈniːsɪs/), also
called proscynesis (/ˌprɒsɪˈniːsɪs/) or
proskinesis (/ˌprɒskɪˈniːsɪs/; Gr****: προσκύνησις
proskýnēsis; Latin: adoratio)...
- official. The
Council determined that the
honorary veneration (timētikē
proskynēsis) of
icons was permitted, and that the true
adoration (alēthinē latreia)...
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against the
adoption of
proskynesis.
Callisthenes argued that
Alexander was not
entitled to
receive divine honors, such as the
proskynesis from his followers...
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elements of
Persian dress and
customs at his court,
notably the
custom of
proskynesis,
either a
symbolic kissing of the hand, or
prostration on the ground...
- king, one was
expected to
prostrate oneself before him, also
known as
proskynesis. The king's
guards were
known as the pushtigban. On
other occasions,...
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bowing in the
Eastern Orthodox Church originating from
Jewish low
bowing Proskynesis Dogeza,
prostration in ****anese
culture Kowtow,
prostration in Chinese...
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terms latria for the type of
worship due to God alone, and
dulia and
proskynesis for the
veneration given to angels, saints,
relics and icons.
Roman Catholic...
- more
based on the
systematized honors offered to the
kings (sacrifice,
proskynesis, statues, altars, hymns)
which put them on par with the gods (isotheism)...
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forgive sins but God alone? Mark 2:7
Jesus also
receives προσκύνησις (
proskynesis) in the
aftermath of the resurrection, a Gr**** term that
either expresses...
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genuflection already in use in Persia, a
modification to the
tradition of
Proskynesis. In the
Byzantine Empire even
senators were
required to
genuflect to...
