Difference between revisions of "Church Altars Gallery"
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Image:Malbis Church altar.jpg|Altar of a Greek [[Orthodox Church]]. | Image:Malbis Church altar.jpg|Altar of a Greek [[Orthodox Church]]. | ||
Image:Chester.jpg|Chester Cathedral, [[England]] . | Image:Chester.jpg|Chester Cathedral, [[England]] . | ||
Image:Mormon Sealing Altar.jpg|Mormon Sealing Altar. | Image:Mormon Sealing Altar.jpg|Mormon Sealing Altar. | ||
Image:Altar Reyes Catedral Metropolitana.JPG|Main Altar Cathedral of [[Mexico]]. | Image:Altar Reyes Catedral Metropolitana.JPG|Main Altar Cathedral of [[Mexico]]. | ||
| − | Image:Mezquita Catedral Cordoba.jpg|Mosque - Cathedral, Cordoba, Spain. | + | Image:Mezquita Catedral Cordoba.jpg|Mosque - Cathedral, [[Cordoba]], [[Spain]]. |
| + | Image:Altars Church of the Holy Spirit.jpg|Altar, Church of the Holy Spirit. | ||
| + | Image:The Sacred Heart Altar.JPG|The Sacred Heart Altar, Saint Bridget, [[Glasgow]]. | ||
| + | Image:The sanctuary.JPG|The sanctuary, Saint Bridget, [[Glasgow]]. | ||
| + | Image:The interior of Notre Dame Paris.jpg|The interior of Notre Dame, [[Paris]]. | ||
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[[Image:Main Altar Parral Segovia.jpg|Main Altar Parral Segovia.]] | [[Image:Main Altar Parral Segovia.jpg|Main Altar Parral Segovia.]] | ||
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The high altar is so called from the fact that it is the chief altar in a church, and also because it is raised on an elevated plane in the sanctuary, where it may be seen simultaneously by all the faithful in the body of the church. It symbolizes Christ, and it serves at the same time as the banquet table on which He offers Himself through the hands of the priest to the Eternal Father; for Christ is present in our churches not only in a spiritual manner but really, truly, and substantially as the victim of a sacrifice. [1]
Altar of a Greek Orthodox Church.
Chester Cathedral, England .
Mormon Sealing Altar.
Main Altar Cathedral of Mexico.
Altar, Church of the Holy Spirit.
The Sacred Heart Altar, Saint Bridget, Glasgow.
The sanctuary, Saint Bridget, Glasgow.
The interior of Notre Dame, Paris.
Main Altar, El Parral Monastery Church, Segovia, Spain.