Rest in peace has also developed more lighthearted, humorous extensions. RIP civil rights and social justice warrior
I am so sad Baltimore, Maryland, Congressman Elijah Cummings died this morning. The hashtag #RIP is commonly appended to social-media posts in which fans mourn the passing of public or private figures they admired while also celebrating their lives and impact. In funeral settings, rest in peace has a solemn tone appropriate to the occasion. Outside of burial ceremonies and gravestones, rest in peace has come to be used in obituaries and online to signify respect and well wishes for a beloved person who has died. have migrated into secular use over the centuries, given Christianity’s extensive influence on secular Western culture. The phrase rest in peace and the acronym R.I.P. appeared first in 1613 as an abbreviation for requiescat in pace, then in 1681 for rest in peace. on gravestones and in funeral services than its Latin parent. Today, it is more common to find rest in peace or R.I.P. Catholic burial services in particular still incorporate the original Latin requiescat in pace in this way. In this early use, rest in peace (as requiescat in pace ) was a prayer or wish that the soul of the deceased would find eternal peace in Heaven. The acronym R.I.P., though containing the same initial letters as the phrase rest in peace, originates from a Latin phrase with the same meaning: requiescat in pace, “may (the deceased person) rest in peace.” The Latin phrase began appearing on Christian gravestones in the 8th century and was widespread on Christian grave markers by the 1700s.
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