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The Three Hours' Agony (also known as the Tre Ore, The Great Three Hours, or Three Hours' Devotion) is a Christian service held in many
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Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched ...
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Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...
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Good Friday Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday (also Holy ...
from noon till 3p.m. to commemorate the three hours of Christ's hanging at the cross. It includes
sermon A sermon is a religious discourse or oration by a preacher, usually a member of clergy. Sermons address a scriptural, theological, or moral topic, usually expounding on a type of belief, law, or behavior within both past and present contexts. ...
s on the Seven Last Words from the Cross, and usually occurs between noon and 3p.m. (the latter being the time Jesus is said to have died on the cross and the time the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion begins), and sometimes between 6p.m. and 9p.m. The
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priest Alphonsus Messia (died 1732) is said to have devised this devotion in
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, Peru. It was introduced to Rome around 1788 and spread around the world to many
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s. In 1815,
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decreed a plenary
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to those who practise this devotion on Good Friday.Raccolta – Jesus Crucified
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Good Friday Tre Ore Worship Service: The Seven Last Words of Jesus from the Cross, given at St. John's Lutheran Church, MissouriThe three hours' agony of Our Lord Jesus Christ: given at the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, New York, Good FridayEnglish text: "The devotion of the three hours' agony on Good Friday"Spanish text: Devoción a las tres horas de la agonía de Cristo nuestro Redentor..., 1782 Italian text: Divozione alle tre ore dell'agonia di Gesù Cristo nostro redentore...
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