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     • The veneration of the dead, including one's ancestors, is based on love and respect for the deceased. In some cultures, it is related to beliefs that the dead have a continued existence, and may possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living.
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   Why do people venerate the dead?

   • The veneration of the dead, including one's ancestors, is based on love and respect for the deceased. In some cultures, it is related to beliefs that the dead have a continued existence, and may possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living. Some groups venerate their direct, familial ancestors.

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   What religious groups venerate the dead?

   • Certain religious groups, in particular the Eastern Orthodox Churches, Catholic Church and Anglican Church venerate saints as intercessors with God; the latter also believes in prayer for departed souls in Purgatory. Other religious groups, however, consider veneration of the dead to be idolatry and a sin .

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   How did Native Americans venerate the dead?

   • Native Americans were not heavily concerned with the veneration of the dead, though they were known to bury the dead with clothes and tools as well as occasionally leave food and drink at the gravesite; Pueblo Indians supported a cult of the dead which worshipped or petitioned the dead through ritualistic dances.

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   What does it mean to venerate something?

   • Jessica: Well, to venerate something or someone really just means to give it great respect or reverence. So the respect and reverence that Catholics give to sacred objects, like something that’s been blessed by a priest, a crucifix or a rosary or a relic, is not worship, which we only give to God. It’s veneration.

   Glad You Asked: Why do Catholics venerate relics?

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Veneration_of_the_deadVeneration of the dead - Wikipedia

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   The veneration of the dead, including one's ancestors, is based on love and respect for the deceased. In some cultures, it is related to beliefs that the dead have a continued existence, and may possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living.

4. www.britannica.com › topic › ancestor-worshipAncestor worship | Britannica

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   Ancestor worship, prevalent in preliterate societies, is obeisance to the spirits of the dead. Fetishism, the veneration of objects believed to have magical or supernatural potency, springs from the association of spirits with particular places or things and leads to idolatry, in which the image…

5. slife.org › veneration-of-the-deadVeneration of The Dead - The Spiritual Life

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   The veneration of the dead, including one’s ancestors, is based on love and respect for the deceased. In some cultures, it is related to beliefs that the dead have a continued existence, and may possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living.

6. uscatholic.org › articles › 202312Glad You Asked: Why do Catholics venerate relics?

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   Dec 8, 2023 · Today, the practice of collecting and venerating relics of dead saints or artifacts from the life of Jesus might seem backwards and superstitious to some, disturbing or macabre to others. But the tradition of venerating relics is not simply an oddity on the margins of Catholic faith practice.

7. www.academia.edu › 35808010 › The_Archaeology_ofThe Archaeology of Ancestors Death, Memory, and Veneration

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   Following a definition and an overview of basic sources, a number of occurrences of formalized cults including aspects of ancestor veneration are discussed, ranging from collective mortuary installations, the veneration of local “saints” up to aspects of royal ancestry.

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   The veneration of the dead, including one's ancestors, is based on love and respect for the deceased. In some cultures, it is related to beliefs that the dead have a continued existence, and may possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living.

9. www.history.com › news › day-dead-dia-de-muertos-originsDay of the Dead: How Ancient Traditions Grew Into a Global ...

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   Oct 29, 2020 · The Day of the Dead or Día de Muertos is an ever-evolving holiday that traces its earliest roots to the Aztec people in what is now central Mexico. The Aztecs used skulls to honor the dead a...