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The archaeology of the Christian altar in Western Europe : with its adjuncts, furniture, and ornaments (1881)

Heales, Alfred, 1827-1898 · London : Roworth & Co. · leaf 15

An illustration from The archaeology of the Christian altar in Western Europe : with its adjuncts, furniture, and ornaments, 1881, leaf 15 — THE ALTAR. … ALTAR AT ST. AROLLINARE NUOVO, RAVENNA A.D. 570. THE TERM “ALTAR.” rFHE term “Altar,” as applied to the structure on which the Holy Sacrament is celebrated, has first to be con- sidered. Although the word is that most frequently used in ecclesiastical language (as by St. Paul, “We have an altar”1)…

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