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True, enough, but it doesn't answer the question. Also, the temple
referred to in the psalms is exactly what I was referring to in my
earlier message. And, it was not a public place at all. It was a
place of scarifice, used and supervised by the priests. Common people
stood at the door. Part of it could only be visited by the high
priest, once a year to utter the awsome tetrgramtron to the shechina
which hovered over the ark. Maybe I am on the wrong track. My
intention was to show that the "house of God" became something quite
different from the houses of the gods of antiquity. yrs, tom ault
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 10:31:18 -0600
SHERRY L REAMES <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> My old concordance to the Bible lists about two dozen Biblical
>passages
> with the wording "house of God," several dozen more with "house of
>the
> Lord," and some from Psalms where "thy house" clearly refers to the
> temple, as well as the ones in which Jesus refers to "my Father's
>house".
>
> Sherry Reames
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Cecil T Ault <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Friday, December 3, 2004 9:30 am
> Subject: Re: [M-R] churches as houses
>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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>> This may not be what you requested, but it might provide a thought
>>on
>> the question you raise. The idea of a temple being a house for a
>>god
>> is ancient. It is still the case in India and was so for the Greeks
>> and Romans. The god dwelled/swells in this house, attended his/her
>> priests who were there to attend to the temple and the god, which
>> included performing rituals. However, the rituals were usually not
>>a
>> public affair, but something done either for the god, him/herself,
>>as
>> a matter of course, or for a special occasion, paid for by an
>> individual. The church, as we understand it, is the product of a
>> congregational religion, where people gather together as a community
>> of celebrants, regularly, for rites and services. Certainly Church
>> architecture bears out this observation as early "churches" simply
>> took the old basilica from Rome (not temples to any of the Roman
>> pantheon) as the type of building to be used for Christian rites and
>> ceremonies, especially the sacrifice of the Mass for which the altar
>> was placed in the apse, formerly reserved for the seat of state.
>> The
>> church building continued to be elaborated and enlarged, culminating
>> (according to some, including myself) in the glories of the Gothic
>> style, epitomized by such magnificent edifices as Chartres &
>> Westminster. So, the house of God has lots of room for everyone.
>> yrs, tom ault
>>
>> On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 08:21:41 -0500
>> Katherine French <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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>> >
>> > has anyone written on the idea that the church building is god's
>> >house.
>> > several late medieval english didactic works make this equasion,
>>and
>> >i
>> > know it comes from the gospel of John when Jesus clears the temple
>> >(or
>> > at least i have assumed it does.)
>> > thanks in advance,
>> > kit french
>> >
>> >
>>
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