Sacred
Sacred is the state of being holy, reserved for worship or associated with worship in a given culture or religion, as contrast with profane which is of the earth, daily, and common.
Every religion has both things and ideas that are sacred, for example: the Torah, Bible and Qu'ran in the three Abrahamic religions, but also, places can be sacred, like churches, mountains where a prophet received his revelation, or cities where the religious leader died.
What is sacred to one religion or culture is not necessarily sacred to another, and may even be a profane idea. Pagans are supposed to have considered non-monogomous sexuality to be sacred. However, Christians found that concept to be a profanity against God's creation.
The term sacred used in secular realms
See also: Religion and Secular
The concept of "sacred" can be applied to non-religious parts of a culture, if that culture would find them to be held above all else. In the United States, it could be argued that our the ideas contained in the Bill of Rights and United States Constitution are sacred to Americans and should not be changed lightly nor tread upon.
See Also
External website
- Sacred (Word Study), Bible Odyssey website
- What Does it Mean for Something to Be Sacred?, Crosswalk website
- Does the Bible make a distinction between the secular and the sacred?, Got Questions Ministries
References
- ↑ Wesleyan-Holiness Theology, Ashbury University