Christianity

Christianity

Christianity is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, whom adherents believe to be the son of God. According to Christianity Jesus Christ is the savior of humanity phophesied in the Old Testament.

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Adjuration

Religion; Christianity

An urgent demand made upon another to do something, or to desist from doing something, which is rendered more solemn by coupling with it the name of God.

Abel

Religion; Christianity

Abel was the second son of Adam. Abel is not mentioned in the Old Testament except in Genesis 4.

Altar lamp

Religion; Christianity

In the Old Testament God commanded that a lamp filled with the purest oil of olives should always burn in the Tabernacle of the Testimony without the veil.

Altar candles

Religion; Christianity

For mystical reasons the Church prescribes that the candles used at Mass and at other liturgical functions be made of beeswax. The pure wax extracted by bees from flowers symbolises the pure flesh of ...

Altar candlesticks

Religion; Christianity

An altar-candlestick consists of five parts: the foot, the stem, the knob about the middle of the stem, the bowl to receive the drippings of wax, and the pricket, i.e. the sharp point that terminates ...

High altar

Religion; Christianity

The high altar is so called from the fact that it is the chief altar in a church, and also because it is raised on an elevated plane in the sanctuary, where it may be seen simultaneously by all the ...

Altar linens

Religion; Christianity

The altar-linens are the corporal, pall, purificator, and finger-towels. The Blessed Sacrament and the vase containing It must always be placed on a corporal, which must be made of linen or hemp ...