anointing oil

Should elders anoint the sick with oil in connection with their prayers?

“Extreme Unction” is one of the so-called “sacraments” of the Roman Catholic Church. It is the action of a priest in applying oil to someone who is at the point of death. The priest reads prayers a...

In the Old Testament, anointing with oil was used ceremonially to set apart special roles, especially those of prophets (1 Kgs. 19:16), priests (Ex. 28:41), and kings (1 Sam. 9:16).

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There is, perhaps, no greater exhortation to unity, anywhere in the Bible, that surpasses that of Psalm 133.