Tradition Essay

The Kyrie is possibly the oldest part of Christian liturgy, used in the Eastern Orthodox Church as well as in Roman and Protestant rites. Kyrie Eleison is a Latin transliteration of the Greek Lord, have mercy on me. Today’s Gospel reading gives us ten lepers who are standing a bit of a distance away from Jesus (as prescribed by Jewish law and custom) and shouting at him, “Lord, have mercy on me!” Our OT lesson story of the healing of Naaman and the healing of 10 lepers are very unique healing…

Imagine a town where its occupants follow old traditions. They eat the same food their ancestors ate and wear the same style of clothing their ancestors wore. Thankfully, the world today does not rely on traditions as heavily as it used to. However, traditions still exist in the world today. Every country, state, city, and family have their own traditions. Some traditions can hinder one from doing things in a better way by violating human rights, but others bring law and order to the world.…

Every family has their own things that are important to them. Traditions or morals they like to uphold you could say. With each family these traditions or morals might be different. Either way every tradition or moral a family has is important to them. The questions are where do these traditions come from? Were they passed down generation after generation? Did your family just make their own? What traditions does your family have that you might not have even noticed? These are all questions to…

The traditions used in Hosseini’s book, The Kite Runner, are historically accurate to Afghanistan because the book used details including marriage, competitions, and religious events that are very similar to how things actually are in real life. For example, when two people are going to get married in the Islamic faith, there are separate payments that need to be made. Unlike Christian weddings, Islamic weddings include an engagement party that the bride’s family pays for and the ceremony is…

forced integration would only cause harm to the intricate process and all parties involved. Fraternity and Sorority organizations are private with their own bylaws and traditions. There is no reason for these organizations to be regulated by any university. While some may argue that the traditions are flawed, tradition is tradition. Flawed or not, no one is forced to participate in Panhellenic…

Legal traditions within a country are important to understand because they are directly related to the type of justice system the country will formalize. The United States criminal justice system is known to have derived from the Common Law legal tradition, which is one of the four major families of law (Dammer and Albanese, 2014, p. 42). It should be noted that most legal traditions originated from the type of religion practiced in the region or country. Originally Common Law originated from…

“Tradition, long conditioned thinking, can bring about a fixation, a concept that one readily accepts, perhaps not with a great deal of thought.” –Jiddu Kirshnamurti. When there is a strong tradition followed in a community, it is a major component in shaping the citizens beliefs. It is often the base for the society’s cultural and societal norms. This is regarded in Alden Nowlan’s play The Dollar Woman during multiple circumstances. As well as in the short story “The Boat” by Alistair MacLeod,…

Esquivel argues that family traditions are meant to be broken. Alex, John’s son, sees Esperanza and immediately states that he wants to marry this little girl. He was struck by Esperanzas beauty. Even at such a young age, and with little to no understanding of family tradition, Alex proclaimed he wanted to marry Esperanza. Esquivel writes, “They all laughed at that, but when Rosaura explained to Alex that he couldn’t because this little girl was destined to take care of her until the day she…

Friday in September, the conspiracy finally unraveled, sending the stock market into free-fall and bankrupting everyone from Wall Street barons to farmers. The most commonly repeated story behind the post-Thanksgiving shopping-related Black Friday tradition links it to retailers. As the story goes, after an entire year of operating at a loss (“in the red”) stores would supposedly earn a profit (“went into the black”) on the day after Thanksgiving, because holiday shoppers blew so much money on…

Tradition is woven into the very fabric of humanity. Every family, nation and society has traditions that are passed down from generation to generation. Even within the church, there are traditions that have been passed down through the centuries. However, the big question becomes: What role does tradition play within theology? The Catholic Church has equated tradition’s authority with Scripture; and great thinkers like John Meyendorff and Don Thorsen affirm tradition, yet lessen its authority…