Popular piety (AQA GCSE Religious Studies A): Flashcards

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Popular piety

Forms of worship & prayer beyond formal liturgy

Which Christians practice popular piety?

Catholic Christians

3 main forms of popular piety

Rosary, Eucharistic adoration, Stations of the Cross

The rosary

Prayer with beads meditating on Jesus & Mary's lives

Prayers in rosary

Hail Mary, Glory Be, Lord's Prayer (Our Father)

Structure of one rosary decade

1 Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, 1 Glory Be

4 sets of rosary mysteries

Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, Luminous

Eucharistic adoration

Worshipping Christ's presence in the Eucharist

Transubstantiation

Bread & wine become actual body & blood of Jesus

Stations of the Cross

Spiritual journey through Jesus's crucifixion events

Number of Stations of the Cross

Fourteen

Key times for Stations of the Cross

Lent and Good Friday

CCC 1674

Acknowledges importance of popular piety

Purpose of popular piety

Express faith & develop personal spiritual connection

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