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From: madrid@auvax (Roslyn Madrid)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Amen
Message-ID: <179@auvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 14-Jul-83 14:51:29 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 14 14:51:29 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 16-Jul-83 01:45:38 EDT
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Please, could someone tell me what "Amen" means?  I have the
Sunday-School concept of it meaning something like "Over and out",
but it seems that there must, theologically and liturgically
speaking, be quite a bit more to it than that.  What is the
Scriptural, traditional, etc. basis for using it?  Is it
found in only some Christian groups, or is using it (or its
functional equivalent) found elsewhere?  Are there groups which
do not use it?  What about its occurrence in literature?
 
                               R.
                               auvax!madrid