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  2. Magnalia Christi Americana - Wikipedia

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    Magnalia Christi Americana (roughly, The Glorious Works of Christ in America) is a book published in 1702 by the puritan minister Cotton Mather (1663–1728). Its title is in Latin, but its subtitle is in English: The Ecclesiastical History of New England from Its First Planting in 1620, until the Year of Our Lord 1698.

  3. Altars in Latin America - Wikipedia

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    Thus the altar held great importance in determining the design of the city. One of the most explicit visual depictions of ritual associated with an altar is evident in an altar unearthed in the ruins of El Cayo. This altar, commonly referred to as "Altar 4" portrays a man seated before a table altar, scattering grains of incense. In the carved ...

  4. Litoměřice Altarpiece - Wikipedia

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    The altar wing depicting Christ on the Mount of Olives belongs to the Diocese of Litoměřice, while the other panels are owned by the Regional Museum in Litoměřice. It is the largest surviving set of panel paintings by an anonymous late Gothic and early Renaissance painter called the Master of the Litoměřice Altarpiece . [ 1 ]

  5. Native American Church - Wikipedia

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    The Native American novelist N. Scott Momaday gives a highly accurate portrayal of the peyote service in his book House Made of Dawn. Reuben Snake was a Ho-Chunk roadman and worked towards the establishment of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act , which passed after his death in 1994 in order to legalize the use of ceremonial peyote.

  6. Capilla del Cristo - Wikipedia

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    Capilla del Cristo (Chapel of Christ), also called Capilla del Santo Cristo de la Salud is a small chapel / museum located in the Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. [3] Built in the 18th century and saved from demolition in the 20th century and preserved, the structure has become a cultural icon of Puerto Rico. Most of the articles located at its altar ...

  7. Altar stone - Wikipedia

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    The main altar of a church had to have the same title as the church itself, for instance, there are many "side altars" in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, but the "high altar" in the center is dedicated to St. Patrick. This reflected the idea that the altar was the key element, and the church was built to house it, as opposed to the church ...

  8. Altar cross - Wikipedia

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    An altar cross in the center of an altar table of a Methodist chapel in Kent, Ohio, United States. The center of the altar cross contains the christogram "IHS". Altar with crucifix in the Imperial Mausoleum in the Cathedral of Petrópolis, Brazil. In the foreground, a tomb with effigies of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and his wife Teresa Cristina.

  9. Church tabernacle - Wikipedia

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    a. either in the sanctuary, apart from the altar of celebration, in a form and place more appropriate, not excluding on an old altar no longer used for celebration; b. or even in some chapel suitable for the faithful's private adoration and prayer and which is organically connected to the church and readily visible to the Christian faithful. [4 ...

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