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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
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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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