Definition of pentru-casatorie:
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Jewish festival (also known as
Shavuot, the
Feast of Weeks) seven weeks after the feast of Firstfruits or
Yom Habikkurim, originally a harvest festival but, since the destruction of the
Temple, also commemorating the anniversary of the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai. [See Wikipedia article on Shavuot for further information on, and chronology of, these feasts.].
"1611: Bible, King James version, Acts of the Apostles 2:1 - And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place."
°The particular (Jewish) Pentecost 49 days (inclusive) after the
resurrection of
Jesus on the (Jewish)
Day of First Fruits, when (in Christian teaching) the
Holy Spirit descended upon the
Apostles with miraculous effects including the ability to explain the
Gospel intelligibly in languages they did not know; or a similar occasion since.
"2005: Frank J Lechner, John Boli, World Culture: Origins and Consequences - They think a new Pentecost is afoot, in which the Holy Spirit brings millions the good news of salvation in the hereafter and real blessings in the here and now."
Definition of pentru-casatorie:
°A
Jewish festival (also known as
Shavuot, the
Feast of Weeks) seven weeks after the feast of Firstfruits or
Yom Habikkurim, originally a harvest festival but, since the destruction of the
Temple, also commemorating the anniversary of the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai. [See Wikipedia article on Shavuot for further information on, and chronology of, these feasts.].
"1611: Bible, King James version, Acts of the Apostles 2:1 - And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place."
°The particular (Jewish) Pentecost 49 days (inclusive) after the
resurrection of
Jesus on the (Jewish)
Day of First Fruits, when (in Christian teaching) the
Holy Spirit descended upon the
Apostles with miraculous effects including the ability to explain the
Gospel intelligibly in languages they did not know; or a similar occasion since.
"2005: Frank J Lechner, John Boli, World Culture: Origins and Consequences - They think a new Pentecost is afoot, in which the Holy Spirit brings millions the good news of salvation in the hereafter and real blessings in the here and now."