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Religion (from O.Fr. religion religious community, from L. religionem (nom. religio) respect for what is sacred, reverence for the gods, obligation, the bond between man and the gods) is derived from the Latin religiÅ, the ultimate origins of which are obscure.
la Nam hoc Sacramentum cum recipimus, obstringimus nos, in Ecclesia Latina, conscii ac liberi officio vivendiin caelibatu; quocirca unusquisque nostrum debet, quantum sane in eo situm est, efficere, ut Dei gratia sustentatus, gratus de hoc dono sit ac semper fidelis officio, quo in omne tempus se obligavit.