Nonetheless the conventional Christian position is that people are justified by belief in the propitiatory sacrifice of Jesus'death on the cross.
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Having failed to reach Rome, Psalmanazar traveled through the propitiatory rites of his own invention, and even speaking an invented language.
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In more mythical stories, it was also said that the flies that brought pestilence died immediately upon propitiatory sacrifices of this bird.
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But we who are living will bless thee, and will pray, and offer unto thee propitiatory prayers and sacrifices for their souls ."
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Among the orthodox Christians, the catechumens were rigidly excluded from assisting at the propitiatory sacrifice of the Eucharist ( Mass of the faithful ).
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Of dances, the Kavirondo have the birth dance, the death dance, that at initiation and one of a propitiatory kind in seasons of drought.
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If you were to perform a propitiatory ceremony, or have magic formulas chanted, or prayers said, or specific acts of charity done, he will recover.
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Tomb frescoes from Paestum ( 4th century BC ) show paired fighters with helmets, spears and shields, in a propitiatory funeral blood rite that anticipates gladiator games.
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There were three articles at issue in the disputation ( on the liturgical language, church authority over forms of worship, and scriptural warrant for propitiatory masses ).
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Evidence of pre-Roman cults is found at mountain sites, including stones dedicated to propitiatory fertility rites and to female divinities of the waters ( see water sprite ).
