Talk:Laying on of hands

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ŭIs healing by laying on hands an exclusively christian belief? -- Miguel

No.

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Sources: Marc Bloch, Les Rois Thaumaturges, pp. 36-38, 41-49 Gabor Klaniczay, The Uses of Supernatural Power: The Transformation of Popular Religion in Medieval and Early-Modern Europe, Princeton U. Press, 1990, p. 91 Cynthia Hahn, Portrayed on the Heart: Narrative Effect in Pictorial Lives of Saints from the Tenth through the Thirteenth Century, U. of California Press, Berkeley, 2001, p. 249 Henry A. Myers and Herwig Wolfram, Medieval Kingship, Nelson-Hall, Chicago, 1972, pp. 167, 335

Healing long before the christians

that article is just christian propaganda healing was done long before the christians and everyone can learn it althought the skill of them will differ as the time to learn the skill in these times and in former times you could even enhance these abilities through chemical substances and brain stimulation

+++ This is the Test ==== By what Name or Authority are you laying on hands?

Grammar

I've always taken issue with the grammar of "lay on hands", but it seems to make a bit more sense as "the laying on of hands". Even given that, though, the ultimately correct grammar would be to hyphenate "laying-on", highlighting the fact that "on" is a particle describing "laying" (in "lay on hands", the lack of hyphen leaves the reader assuming that somebody is laying something on top of somebody else's hands). I'm wondering if anyone has a good reason (i.e. recurring instances in English literature to the contrary) why the hyphen shouldn't be included.

Jesuit

I don't understand and I don't believe the following:

This is a popular Jesuit ceremony in which prayer for forgiveness is often the prelude that along with the cleansing of one's spirit, creates union with the Holy Spirit.

Could you explain and cite sources?