traditionalism vs vicissitude

traditionalism

noun
  • The adherence to traditional views or practices, especially with regard to cultural or religious matters. 

  • A philosophical system which makes tradition the supreme criterion and rule of certitude; the doctrine that human reason is of itself radically unable to know with certainty any truth or, at least, the fundamental truths of the metaphysical, moral, and religious order. 

  • The continuation of theological rituals on the basis that the ritual has always completed, rather than the ritual being a manifestation of theology. 

vicissitude

noun
  • Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange. 

  • A change, especially in one's life or fortunes. 

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