Talk:Laying on of hands

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I'm adding a science master thesis from 2003 that concluded that imposition of the hands does promote healing. I'm also adding a "Criticism" session and hope people do help to improve it. To have Knowledge is to see the whole, impartial picture. H15 H16N355 |^{K1N6 M3 (T47K)} 20:10, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Made the changes but won't remove the Unbalanced tag as the article's text needs improvement. H15 H16N355 |^{K1N6 M3 (T47K)} 16:37, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, a balanced discussion would include the prayers that typically are said while laying on hands, and the scientific studies showing that prayer has been linked to healing. It would also include a scientific discussion of the human body's known ability to conduct electric currents and that our bodies give off heat signatures undetected by the human eye. but picked up by camera. We may not understand or know if laying on of hands works, but that doesn't mean we can't talk about the science which might be used to investigate if the phenomenon is real. 2001:5B0:21FF:EF0:0:0:0:3D (talk) 14:53, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ŭIs healing by laying on hands an exclusively christian belief? -- Miguel

No.

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Sources: Marc Bloch, Les Rois Thaumaturges, pp. 36-38, 41-49 Gabor Klaniczay, The Uses of Supernatural Power: The Transformation of Popular Religion in Medieval and Early-Modern Europe, Princeton U. Press, 1990, p. 91 Cynthia Hahn, Portrayed on the Heart: Narrative Effect in Pictorial Lives of Saints from the Tenth through the Thirteenth Century, U. of California Press, Berkeley, 2001, p. 249 Henry A. Myers and Herwig Wolfram, Medieval Kingship, Nelson-Hall, Chicago, 1972, pp. 167, 335

that article is just christian propaganda healing was done long before the christians and everyone can learn it althought the skill of them will differ as the time to learn the skill in these times and in former times you could even enhance these abilities through chemical substances and brain stimulation

+++ This is the Test ==== By what Name or Authority are you laying on hands?

I've always taken issue with the grammar of "lay on hands", but it seems to make a bit more sense as "the laying on of hands". Even given that, though, the ultimately correct grammar would be to hyphenate "laying-on", highlighting the fact that "on" is a particle describing "laying" (in "lay on hands", the lack of hyphen leaves the reader assuming that somebody is laying something on top of somebody else's hands). I'm wondering if anyone has a good reason (i.e. recurring instances in English literature to the contrary) why the hyphen shouldn't be included. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.168.161.140 (talk) 01:00, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The term "laying on of hands" comes directly from the Bible, in verses such as Acts 8:18 and Hebrews 6:2. In the King James Version, there is no hyphen. Sherlock (talk) 05:34, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The phrase "laying on of hands" makes it clear that "on" is being used as an adverb rather than as a preposition, so that one is not laying something on someone's hands. Michael Hardy (talk) 21:21, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

One uses a hyphen when connecting two words as a single adjective. E.g. "a twenty-dollar cake." A hyphen is not used for "laying on" anymore than it is for "eating up." 137.229.183.144 (talk) 21:30, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand and I don't believe the following:

This is a popular Jesuit ceremony in which prayer for forgiveness is often the prelude that along with the cleansing of one's spirit, creates union with the Holy Spirit.

Could you explain and cite sources?

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The section named "Catholicism" seems to deal only with Eastern Orthodox and Eastern rite Catholic traditions. We need to expand it to include Latin rite information. Anyone up to the task? --anietor (talk) 14:49, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article only describes laying of hands in a Christian context. There are, of course, many other uses that should be in the article; for example !Kung people. --Fama Clamosa (talk) 12:07, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, but am not qualified to provide what is lacking. I hope that future editors will remedy this problem by adding information about other cultures and traditions, and not by removing existing relevant info. MishaPan (talk) 18:06, 14 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Concise OED gives 'ritual' as being derived from 'rite', a form of procedure in a religious or solemn observance. Although the laying on of hands is used in certain rites, it is not in itself a formal ritual, as the article's image makes abundantly clear. Intro amended accordingly.Clivemacd (talk) 15:20, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

We're in the scriptures of the bible,that was laying down of hands on someone in order for the person to receive the holy spirit 197.242.101.32 (talk) 15:09, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]