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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 64. Chapters: Altar, Veil, Chalice, Church tabernacle, Thurible, Sacramental wine, Altar candle, Lavabo, Flabellum, Monstrance, Must, Corporal, Paten, Altar bell, A r, Sanctuary lamp, Piscina, Aspergillum, Antimins, Aquamanile, Altar stone, Tabot, Asterisk, Altar crucifix, Humeral veil, Pyx, Spoon, Credence table, Altar of repose, Ciborium, Zeon, Aumbry, Spear, Manuterge, Altar candlestick, Thabilitho, Funghellino, Phoedelia, Maneturge. Excerpt: An altar is any structure upon which offerings such as sacrifices are made for religious purposes. Altars are usually found at shrines, and they can be located in temples, churches and other places of worship. Today they are used particularly in the religions of Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Taoism, as well as Christianity, LaVeyan Satanism, Thelema, Neopaganism, and in Ceremonial magic. Judaism did so until the destruction of the Second Temple. Many historical faiths also made use of them, including Greek and Norse religion. Horned altar at Tel Be'er Sheva, Israel.Altars (Hebrew:, mizbe'ah, "a place of slaughter or sacrifice") in the Hebrew Bible were typically made of earth (Exodus 20:24) or unwrought stone (20:25). Altars were generally erected in conspicuous places (Genesis 22:9; Ezekiel 6:3; 2 Kings 23:12; 16:4; 23:8.) The first altar recorded in the Hebrew Bible is that erected by Noah (Genesis 8:20). Altars were erected by Abraham (Genesis 12:7; 13:4; 22:9), by Isaac (Genesis 26:25), by Jacob (33:20; 35:1-3), and by Moses (Exodus 17:15, Adonai-nissi). After the theophany on Mount Sinai, in the Tabernacle-and afterwards in the Temple-only two altars were used: the Altar of Burnt Offering, and the Altar of Incense. Altar of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, as arranged in 1700. The altar is at the eastern end of the church as is common in old churches in Rome. The priest has always faced ...
