Portable Altar

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• Altar, Portable — • Consists of a solid piece of natural stone which must be sufficiently hard to resist every fracture Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Altar, Portable     Portab …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Altar (in Liturgy) — • In the New Law the altar is the table on which the Eucharistic Sacrifice is offered Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Altar (in Liturgy)     Altar (in Liturgy) …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Altar Cavity — • A small square or oblong chamber in the body of the altar, in which are placed the relics of two canonized martyrs Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Altar Cavity     Altar Cavity …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Altar Stone — • A solid piece of natural stone, consecrated by a bishop, large enough to hold the Sacred Host and chalice Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Altar Stone     Altar Stone      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Altar (Catholicism) — High altar of St. Michael s Church, Munich. In the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church, the altar is where the Sacrifice of the Mass is offered. Mass may sometimes be celebrated outside a sacred place, but never without an altar, or at least an… …   Wikipedia

• Altar — For other uses, see Altar (disambiguation). Detail from Religion, Charles Sprague Pearce (1896). Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C …   Wikipedia

• Altar stone — In Roman Catholic Churches, an altar stone is a solid piece of natural stone, consecrated by a bishop. [CathEncy|wstitle=Altar Stone] Before the Second Vatican Council, Mass could only lawfully be celebrated on a properly consecrated altar. This… …   Wikipedia

• ALTAR — (Heb. מִזְבֵּח, mizbe aḥ, derived from the root zbḥ (זבח), meaning to slaughter (as a sacrifice) ), originally the place where sacrificial slaughter was performed (e.g., the sacrifice of Isaac in Gen. 22). According to biblical law however,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Altar Cloths — • The custom of using three altar cloths began probably in the ninth century, but at present it is of strict obligation for the licit celebration of Mass Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Altar Cloths     Altar Cloths …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Altar rails — A set of altar rails in St. Treasa s Carmelite Church, Dublin Altar rails are a set of railings, sometimes ornate and frequently of marble or wood, delimiting the chancel in a church,[1] the part of the sanctuary that contains the altar. A gate… …   Wikipedia