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  2. Triple candlestick (Catholic Church) - Wikipedia

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    From one of the candles on the triple candlestick, the Paschal candle is afterwards lit during the chanting of the Exsultet. [3] [4] In 1955 the triple candlestick was abolished in the liturgical reforms of Pope Pius XII. Since then, the Paschal candle is lit directly from the Paschal fire at the beginning of the Easter Vigil mass.

  3. Bugia (candlestick) - Wikipedia

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    Its use on Good Friday, however, remained forbidden regardless of clerical rank. [3] [7] Priests who needed an additional light near the missal on account of darkness were allowed to use a candle, so long as it did not have the form of the bugia. [8] In 1968 its use was restricted to situations where practicality made its use necessary. [1]

  4. Ceremonial use of lights - Wikipedia

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    The use of ceremonial lights was among the indictments in the impeachment of Laud and other bishops by the House of Commons, but these were not based on the Act of Uniformity. From the Restoration onwards the use of ceremonial lights, though far from universal, was usual again in cathedrals and collegiate churches. [33]

  5. Elevation (liturgy) - Wikipedia

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    The candle was called the elevation candle, the consecration candle or the Sanctus candle. [ 24 ] The purpose for lighting a candle or torch at this point was to enable people in ill-lit churches to see the Host as it was raised, the same reason that led to placing behind the altar a dark hanging to offer a distinct contrast to the white Host.

  6. Altar candle - Wikipedia

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    Altar candles are candles set on or near altars for religious ceremonies. Various religions have regulations or traditions regarding the number and type of candles used, and when they are lit or extinguished, for example during the liturgies .

  7. Altar (Catholic Church) - Wikipedia

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    The Roman Missal of Pope Pius V, whose use was made generally obligatory throughout the Latin Church in 1570 laid down that, for Mass, a cross should be placed in the middle of the altar, flanked by at least two candlesticks with lit candles, and that the central altar card should be placed at the foot of the cross. It stated also that "nothing ...

  8. Paschal candle - Wikipedia

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    The Paschal candle of Manila Cathedral usually reaches 4 or 4.5 inches (10 or 11 centimetres) and stands at 50 inches (130 centimetres) tall. The Paschal candle, like all liturgical candles, must be made at least from the most part of beeswax (ex cera apum saltem in maxima parte). [1] The Church Fathers saw the bee as a symbol of the Virgin ...

  9. Early Christian lamps - Wikipedia

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    There is very little evidence that any strictly liturgical use was made of lamps in the early centuries of Christianity.The fact that many of the services took place at night, and that after the lapse of a generation or two the meetings of the Christians for purposes of worship were held, at Rome and elsewhere, in the subterranean chambers of the Catacombs, make it clear that lamps must have ...

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