when his Holiness Pope John 23, first called for an Ecumenical Council, and at the same time voiced his yearning for Christian unity, the enthusiasm among Catholic and Protestant ecumenicists was immediate.

" Holiness in ancient Israel was not the same thing it is to us: it might be regarded as the " god-ness " of God, an invisible but physical and potentially dangerous force.

SSCMS was founded in 2001 under the vision and guidance of His Holiness Ravi Shankar ( spiritual leader ), the founder of Art of Living Foundation, an educational non-governmental organization ( NGO ).

Dickson was the first person to make a film for a Pope, and at the time his camera was blessed by His Holiness Leo XIII.

This theme was built on in the fifth chapter, " The Universal Call to Holiness ":

It was consecrated by His Holiness, the Late Dudjom Rimpoche.

Zion Holiness Baptist Church, which was organized in 1921.

The Church of The Nazarene, which was first called “ The Holiness Church ,” was established in October 1902.

The Pilgrim Holiness Church was built in 1928 out of straw bales, in response to the region's dearth of trees or construction sod.

Terrell was the leader of the New Testament Holiness Church and was known for having big white tent revivals.

There is also a Pilgrim Holiness Church which was established in 1930, and present pastor is Rev.

He wrote a treatise On Health and Holiness, dealing with the ascetic life, which was published in 1905.

His devotees referred to him as His Holiness, and because he often laughed in TV interviews he was sometimes referred to as the " giggling guru ".

The goal of the Holiness movement in the Methodist Church was to move beyond the one-time conversion experience that the revivals produce, and reach entire sanctification.

He was extremely popular at court, and in 1783, on the death of Archbishop Cornwallis, the king pressed him to accept the primacy, but Hurd, who was known, says Madame d ' Arblay, as " The Beauty of Holiness ,” declined it as a charge not suited to his temper and talents, and much too heavy for him to sustain.

At the turn of the Twentieth Century, a new doctrine about the " Baptism of the Holy Ghost " was being taught in many Holiness churches.

Mason's visit to what was known as the Azusa Street Revival changed the direction of the newly formed Holiness church.

As an apostle of the Pentecostal-Holiness message, he was convinced that " Holiness " would cover the earth.

On April 25, 2009 Blum was honored with the Berkeley Medal by UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgenau in front of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

His Holiness the Abuna told us at the conclusion of the discussion that the Bible can be interpreted that way.

The current Dalai Lama is often called " His Holiness " ( HH ) by Westerners ( by analogy with the Pope ), although this does not translate to a Tibetan title.

Most scholars see chapters 1 – 16 ( the Priestly code ) and chapters 17 – 26 ( the Holiness code ) as the work of two related schools, but while the Holiness material employs the same technical terms as the Priestly code, it broadens their meaning from pure ritual to the theological and moral, turning the ritual of the Priestly code into a model for the relationship of Israel to God: as the tabernacle is made holy by the presence of the Lord and kept apart from uncleanliness, so He will dwell among Israel when Israel is purified ( made holy ) and separated from other peoples.

This ambitious multi-genre multi-media project featured contributions by over 100 performers, including Pina Bausch, Bernardo Bertolucci, Josep Carreras, His Holiness The Dalai Lama and Salman Rushdie.

For the Diocese of Rome, these functions are not handled by the Roman Curia, but by the Vicariate General of His Holiness for the City of Rome, as provided by the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesia in Urbe.

This is followed by rules of clean and unclean ( Leviticus 11 – 15 ), which includes the laws of slaughter and animals permissible to eat ( see also: Kashrut ), the Day of Atonement ( Leviticus 16 ), and various moral and ritual laws sometimes called the Holiness Code ( Leviticus 17 – 26 ).

* 1936: Strange Holiness by Robert P. T. Coffin

An exchange of letters between the pope and the friar ended in an impasse which Savonarola tried to break by sending His Holiness " a little book " recounting his prophetic career and describing some of his more dramatic visions.

* 1948-Alfredo del Rosso merges his Italian Holiness Mission with the Church of the Nazarene, thus opening Nazarene work on the European continent ; Southern Baptist Convention adopts program calling for the tripling of the number of missionaries ( achieved by 1964 </ ref >

In 1998, snake-handling evangelist John Wayne " Punkin " Brown died after being bitten by a timber rattler at the Rock House Holiness Church in rural northeastern Alabama.

# The Path to Tranquility by His Holiness the Dalai Lama-co-narrator, 1999

The Lurianic scheme of cosmic Tikkun, involves the separation and elevation of " Sparks of Holiness " by man, that are trapped in, and give life to, mundane or negative phenomena.

An Archon is an honoree by His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch, for his outstanding service to the Church, and a well-known, distinguished, and well-respected leader of the Orthodox Church ( at large ).

Jones and Mason were licensed Baptist ministers in Mississippi in the 1890s who were disfellowshiped by the local Baptist association for preaching the doctrine of Christian perfection also known as " Holiness.

As a Holiness church of the Wesleyan tradition, COGIC believes that Sanctification is " that gracious and continuous operation of the Holy Ghost, by which He delivers the justified sinner from the pollution of sin, renews his whole nature in the image of God and enables him to perform good works ".

Rather than waiting for the 50th or 49th year, the Deuteronomic code requires that Hebrew slaves be liberated during their 7th year of service, as does the Covenant Code, which some textual scholars regard as pre-dating the Holiness Code ; the Book of Ezekiel, which some textual scholars also regard as earlier than the Holiness Code, refers to a year of liberty (< big > שנת דרור </ big >), during which property is returned to the original owner ( or their heirs ), but the word < big > דרור </ big > is used by Jeremiah to describe the release of slaves during the Sabbatical year, which various scholars take to imply that Ezekiel must have been referring to the sabbatical year.

Bahá ' u ' lláh gave his son many other titles such as " the Most Mighty Branch " the " Branch of Holiness ", " the Center of the Covenant " and the apple of his eye.

However, so many new holiness groups were forming and using the name " Church of God ," that Mason sought a name to distinguish this Holiness organization from others.

In April 1908 Bresee accepted Edgar P. Ellyson, president of the Holiness University of Texas of Peniel, Texas, his wife, Mary Emily Ellyson ( 1869 – 1943 ), and many leaders and members of the Holiness Association of Texas into the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene, with Emily Ellyson elected pastor of the new congregation at Peniel.

The Nazarene Church distinguishes itself from many other Protestant churches because of its belief that God's Holy Spirit empowers Christians to be constantly obedient to Him — similar to the belief of other churches in the Evangelical Holiness movement.

Early in the 20th century, many in the Holiness movement also embraced Pentecostalism, which equated the second work of grace with the baptism of the Holy Spirit, whose outward sign was speaking in tongues.

Like many other Holiness groups, they maintain strict standards of dress, require long hair for women and short hair for men, and abstain from tobacco, intoxicating beverages, dancing provocatively, gambling, television, etc.

There were many other influences and much cross-fertilization between the different traditions, and indeed His Holiness the Dalai Lama has asserted that it is acceptable for those initiated in one Kalachakra tradition to practice in others.

In 1877 Crosby met William J. Kirkpatrick, one of the most prolific composers of gospel song tunes, and " the most prominent publisher in the Wesleyan / Holiness Movement ", whom she called " Kirkie ", with whom she wrote many hymns.

Biblical scholars have regarded it as a distinct unit and have noted that the style is noticeably different from the main body of Leviticus: unlike the remainder of Leviticus, the many laws of the Holiness Code are expressed very closely packed together, and very briefly.

The Holiness Code is a collection of many laws concerning several subjects.

These strong similarities have led many critical scholars to question whether Ezekiel was the author of the code, or at least the collector, and it remains an open question whether the Holiness Code influenced Ezekiel, or Ezekiel influenced the Holiness Code.

As such, it received important visits from eminent teachers of many traditions, including first the Very Venerable Kalu Rinpoche ( 1973 and therefater ), His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa ( 1975 and 1977 ), Khamtrul Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyense Rinpoche and Urgyen Tulku.

John Henry " Johnnie " Barnes in 1962, and since then it has spread from the Assemblies of God to many other denominations ( notably the International Pentecostal Holiness Church ) and from the United States to over 79 countries.

Martin's rough-hewn singing style, combined with the enthusiastic physicality of the Holiness church, nearly kept her from working with Dorsey, who looked down on the shouting style of many Holiness singers and was reluctant to hire a singer who could not read music.

" Article VIII is official doctrine not only for The United Methodist Church, and its counterpart for the Church of the Nazarene, but for many other Wesleyan denominations as well, such as the African Methodist Episcopal Church, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, the British Methodist Church, and other denominations associated with the Holiness movement.

The Choir School has performed for many notable individuals, including His Holiness Pope John Paul II during the 1984 Papal Visit and during World Youth Day 2002, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in October 2003 and former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in 2003.

Missionary work was carried on in many lands, and The Pilgrim Holiness Church extended beyond the United States and Canada to the following places: South Africa, including Natal, Transvaal, Cape Province, and Orange Free State ; Swaziland ; Mozambique ; Zambia ; the Caribbean area, including Grand Cayman, Jamaica, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Saba, St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Barbuda, Barbados, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, and Curaçao ; Guyana ; Suriname ; Brazil ; Peru ; Mexico ; Philippine Islands ; and England.

Pentecostalism stresses the " Baptism of the Holy Spirit " and the use of supernatural spiritual gifts such as prophecy, healing, and speaking in unknown tongues, and is fired by a strong millennialism ( expecting the return of Christ at any moment ; this feature was also characteristic of many others of the newer mission groups ( especially Holiness and Adventist ones ).