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祝福
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在宗教意義上,祝福(或保佑,英語:blessing)指某人或某物為神聖、聖靈或神所洗禮、祝聖,充盈以:
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因此,祝福是在宗教意義上對個人或物品的神聖庇護,而賜予恩典的就是上帝[1]。祝福源於向神靈奉獻的行為,而從上帝那裏尋求祝福的行為導致了祈禱;所以「祝福」一詞又用於教堂聖禮上的祝福行為[2]。「被祝福」(英語:Blessed)在印歐語系中表示被祝福的狀態,或者是指某一為神靈祝福之人;《馬可福音》第14章第61節稱聖父為有福者(英語:The Blessed One)[3]。而「祝賀」意義上的「祝福」只用於個人之間主觀上的期望。