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altar of repose

noun

Roman Catholic Church.
  1. a pedestal or niche upon which the sacraments are preserved from Maundy Thursday to Good Friday.


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of altar of repose1

First recorded in 1870鈥75
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But he took a more restful approach in the June performance that inaugurated 鈥淎ltar of Repose: I鈥檓 Gonna Lay Down 鈥 鈥氣 his Connersmith show: He reclined all day on a hammock stretched across the gallery鈥檚 front yard.

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Scott began 鈥淎ltar of Repose鈥 with the idea of repose, but his art always includes reminders of struggle.

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Perhaps the thought of the Altar of Repose on Maundy Thursday will bring the realities home to us better than anything else could.

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The house at Nazareth was in very deed God's Sanctuary, containing the Altar of Repose, where the Saviour of the world was resting.

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The Memoriale Rituum requires for Holy Thursday an altar set apart from the high altar at which the ceremonies are performed, which is called the altar of repose, and which is to be decorated and adorned with the greatest pomp.

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