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:The Church of England for a start. ''[[User:Rich Farmbrough|Rich ]] [[User talk:Rich Farmbrough|Farmbrough]]'' 15:56 [[23 May]] [[2006]] (UTC). |
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:I have modified this point to clarify the numbering (this article is not the place to hash out Lenten practice). There is in fact a renewed interest in Lent in a great number of protestant, or evangelical churches. Eastern Orthodox believers would take offense at the suggestion that only Catholics practice something they have practiced as long as anyone. I have written an online devotional for Lent (http://www.imby.net/easter), for my ''evangelical'' church (vcfp.org), that has been welcomed by believers of all creeds. [[User:Carpentis|Carpentis]] 16:10, 5 December 2006 (UTC) |
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40 also symbolized "a great but indeterminate number" This is the reason the number appears so often in the bible. I don't have the scholarly background to do a proper wiki page on this. There have been some suggestions that the number was sacred to a Babylonian diety, though it was used by Egyptian, Hebrew, and even Druidic peoples as well. Perhaps someone with the proper scholarly background could expound more on this.
Lent
"In modern Western Christian practice, Lent consists of the 40 days preceding Easter" I don't understand why Catholic traditions are ascribed to ALL Christians. As far as I know, Lent is primarily Catholic. I am not aware of any Protestant religions that observe it, certainly none of the Evangelical religions.
- The Church of England for a start. Rich Farmbrough 15:56 23 May 2006 (UTC).
- I have modified this point to clarify the numbering (this article is not the place to hash out Lenten practice). There is in fact a renewed interest in Lent in a great number of protestant, or evangelical churches. Eastern Orthodox believers would take offense at the suggestion that only Catholics practice something they have practiced as long as anyone. I have written an online devotional for Lent (http://www.imby.net/easter), for my evangelical church (vcfp.org), that has been welcomed by believers of all creeds. Carpentis 16:10, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
The word
Forty seems to be a fairly generic name for a field. Potentially "the Top Forty"... It's certainly the name f the village green in Cholsey. Rich Farmbrough 15:56 23 May 2006 (UTC).
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The following needs to be verified and cited:
- 40 (forty) is the natural number following 39 and preceding 41.
And are there alternative viewpoints to be represented here? Someone somewhere must object to this ordering. Brentt 22:21, 19 September 2006 (UTC)