the ashes from ash wednesday originated in united kingdom.
the ashes from ash wednesday originated in united kingdom.
where did the ashes from ash wednesday originate?
united kingdom
ashes are ceremonially placed on the heads of christians on ash wednesday, either by being sprinkled over their heads or, in english-speaking countries, more often by being marked on their foreheads as a visible cross. the words (based on genesis 3:19) used traditionally to accompany this gesture are, ""memento, homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris."" ("remember, man, that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return.") this custom is credited to pope gregory i the great (c. 540–604). in the 1969 revision of the roman rite, an alternative formula (based on mark 1:15) was introduced and given first place "repent, and believe in the gospel" and the older formula was translated as "remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return." the old formula, based on the words spoken to adam and eve after their sin, reminds worshippers of their sinfulness and mortality and thus, implicitly, of their need to repent in time. the newer formula makes explicit what was only implicit in the old.
ash wednesday
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ash wednesday is a christian religious holiday.









































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bullet::::- "ash wednesday" (1925 film), a german silent film









































bullet::::- "ash wednesday" (1931 film), a german drama film









































bullet::::- "ash wednesday" (1958 film), a mexican film









































bullet::::- "ash wednesday" (1973 film), a film starring elizabeth taylor









































bullet::::- "ash wednesday" (2002 film), a crime drama starring edward burns, elijah wood, and rosario dawson









































bullet::::- ash wednesday (musician), australian musician









































bullet::::- "ash wednesday" (album), a 2007 album by elvis perkins









































bullet::::- ""ash wednesday"" (poem), a 1930 poem by t.s. eliot









































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ash wednesday (disambiguation)