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  2. Ecclesiastical heraldry - Wikipedia

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    Cardinals place their coat of arms in their titular church in Rome, like the arms of Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos at SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano. The personal seal of Martin Luther is now a recognized symbol of Lutheranism. Ecclesiastical heraldry refers to the use of heraldry within Christianity for dioceses, organisations and Christian ...

  3. Stole (vestment) - Wikipedia

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    In the Catholic Church's Latin liturgical rites, the priests' stole represents priestly authority, while the diaconal stole (which is diagonally and conjoined at the side) represents service. In the Eastern Orthodox Church the symbolism is the same, though it also symbolizes particularly the anointing with oil which accompanies ordination, and ...

  4. Christian symbolism - Wikipedia

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    The Crucifix, a cross with corpus, a symbol used in the Catholic Church, Lutheranism, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Anglicanism, in contrast with some other Protestant denominations, Church of the East, and Armenian Apostolic Church, which use only a bare cross Early use of a globus cruciger on a solidus minted by Leontios (r. 695–698); on the obverse, a stepped cross in the shape of an ...

  5. Sign of the cross - Wikipedia

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    Within the Roman Catholic Church, the sign of the cross is a sacramental, which the Church defines as "sacred signs which bear a resemblance to the sacraments"; that "signify effects, particularly of a spiritual nature, which are obtained through the intercession of the Church"; and that "always include a prayer, often accompanied by a specific ...

  6. Coat of arms of the Holy See - Wikipedia

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    The coat of arms of the Holy See combines two crossed keys and a tiara, used as the official emblem of the Holy See, and by extension the wider Catholic Church. These forms have origins attested from the 14th century. [2] [4] The combination of one gold and one silver key is a somewhat later development. [4] [5]

  7. Umbraculum - Wikipedia

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    Also known as the pavilion, in modern usage the umbraculum is a symbol of the Catholic Church and the authority of the pope over it. It is found in the contemporary Church at all the basilicas throughout the world, placed prominently at the right of their main altars. Whenever the pope visits a basilica, its umbraculum is opened. [2]

  8. Papal regalia and insignia - Wikipedia

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    Emblem of the Holy See.The crossed keys symbolise the Keys of Peter.The keys are gold and silver to represent the power of loosing and binding. The triple crown (the tiara) symbolizes the triple power of the Pope as "father of kings", "governor of the world" and "Vicar of Christ". [1]

  9. Altar bell - Wikipedia

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    Altar bells (missing one bell), with cross-shaped handle Altar bells Sanctus bells Mid-1900s three-tiered bell at the museum of Manaoag Basilica. In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism, an altar bell (also Mass bell, sacring bell, Sacryn bell, saints' bell, sance-bell, or sanctus bell [1]) is typically a small hand-held bell or set of bells.