{"id":7885,"date":"2004-02-21T08:39:04","date_gmt":"2004-02-21T08:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/02\/anglican_prayer_beads.html"},"modified":"2004-02-21T08:39:04","modified_gmt":"2004-02-21T08:39:04","slug":"anglican_prayer_beads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/02\/anglican_prayer_beads.html","title":{"rendered":"Anglican Prayer Beads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goerie.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20040221\/LIFESTYLES03\/102210326\">Growing in Popularity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The design of the rosary brims with symbolism. It&#8217;s a combination of Catholic rosaries and the Orthodox Jesus rope, according to Web sites. There are 33 beads, made of anything from wood to precious stones, plus a cross or crucifix.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-eight of the beads are arranged in four groups of seven called &#8220;weeks.&#8221; Seven represents perfection in Jewish and Christian tradition. Between each week is a single bead, called a cruciform because the four beads form a cross. There&#8217;s also an &#8220;invitory&#8221; bead between the attached cross and circle of beads, bringing the total to 33, the number of years Jesus Christ lived on earth.<\/p>\n<p>Praying the beads three times around, plus adding the cross at beginning and end, represents the Trinity and adds up to 100 stops, which is the total Orthodox rosary.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing in Popularity The design of the rosary brims with symbolism. It&#8217;s a combination of Catholic rosaries and the Orthodox Jesus rope, according to Web sites. 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