Anointing
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Anointing is the ritual act of pouring aromatic oil over a person's head or entire body. By extension, the term is also applied to related acts of sprinkling, dousing, or smearing a person or object w
The anointing of King Frederick VI of Denmark during his coronation (1815)
Jain Abhisheka at Śravaṇa Beḷgoḷa
Samuel anoints David, Dura Europos, Syria, 3rd century
The Anointing of Jesus, by William Hole, 1906
Anointing of the sick
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Anointing of the sick, known also by other names such as unction, is a form of religious anointing or "unction", the pouring of oil on a sick person with the purpose of benefiting them. It is practice
Anointing
…Christ (Hebrew and Greek for "The Anointed One") who appear prominently in Jewish and Christian theology and eschatology. Anointing—particularly the anointing of the sick—may also be known as unction; the anointing of the dying as part of last rites in the Catholic church is sometimes specified as "extreme unction". The…
Detail of The Seven Sacraments (1445) by Rogier van der Weyden showing the sacrament of Extreme Unction or Anointing of the Sick
Service of the Sacrament of Holy Unction served on Great and Holy Wednesday.
R. W. Schambach anointing oil