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The word '''amen''' (Hebrew: {{Hebrew|אָמֵן; }} "so be it; truly") is a declaration of affirmation found in the [[Old Testament|Old]] and [[New Testament]] Scriptures. It has been adopted in Orthodox Christian worship as a concluding formula for [[prayer]]s and [[hymn]]s. Common English translations of the word ''amen'' include: "verily," "truly," "so be it," and "let it be."
==Biblical usages==
#A final ''amen'', with no change of speaker, as in the subscription to the first three divisions of the [[Psalter]] and in the frequent doxologies of the New Testament [[Epistle]]s.
The uses of ''amen'' ("verily") in the [[Gospels]] form a peculiar class: they are initially stated, but often lack any backward reference. Jesus used the word to affirm his own utterances, not those of another person, and this usage was adopted by the Church. The liturgical use of the word in apostolic times is attested by the passage from 1 Corinthians cited above, and [[Justin Martyr]] (in the mid-second century) describes the [[congregation ]] as responding "amen" to the benediction after the celebration of the [[Eucharist]]. Its introduction into the [[baptism|baptismal]] formula (in the Orthodox Church it is pronounced after the name of each person of the [[Holy Trinity|Trinity]]) probably occured occurred later.
In the King James Version of the Bible, the word ''amen'' is preserved in a number of contexts. Notable ones include:
*In Revelations 3:14, Jesus calls himself, "the ''Amen'', the faithful and true witness."
*''Amen'' concludes the New Testament at Rev. 22:21.
 
==Statistics==
* The word "amen" appears 78 times in 72 verses in the KJV<ref>Source: BibleWorks Bible Software, www.bibleworks.com </ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[[w:Amen|Wikipedia article]]
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01407b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Amen] [[Category:Liturgics]]
[[Categoryro: LiturgicsAmin]]
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