In a large branch of Christianity today, the rings of certain church leaders are kissed by the ordinary saints as a sign of homage and submission especially the rings of the bishops, cardinals, and the pope. The best known of the Psalms of the Old Testament, often read at funerals as a profession of faith in God’s temporal and eternal protection: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters. He
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