Assertion: altar | /r/HasProperty | consecrated
Facets:
value: specially
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: A plain linen covering (Greek: Katasarkion, Slavonic: Strachítsa) is bound to the Holy Table with cords; this cover is never removed after the altar is consecrated, and is considered to be the "baptismal garment" of the altar.
text: The earliest decree of a council prescribing that an altar which is to be consecrated should be of stone is that of the provincial council of Epeaune (Pamiers), France, in 517.
text: The earliest decree of a council which prescribed that an altar which is to be consecrated should be of stone is that of the provincial council of Epeaune (Pamiers), France, in 517 (Labbe, Concil. torn.
text: This altar whereat we stand is by nature only common stone, nothing different from other stones, whereof our walls are made and our pavements adorned; but after it is consecrated and dedicated to the service of God, it becomes a holy table, an immaculate altar.
text: The altar is consecrated and marked with five crosses symbolizing the five wounds of Christ.
text: Later, the altar will be specially consecrated and annually purified on the day of Expiations, giving it a very special sanctity.
text: One of the clearest evidences of this tradition is a rubric in many pontificals which required that when an altar was consecrated, three consecrated hosts were sealed in it along with grains of incense as a sign of the union of altar and Christ's perpetual worship.
text: The earliest decree of a council which prescribed that an altar which is to be consecrated should be of stone is that of the provincial council of Epeaune (Pamiers), France, in 517 (Labbe, Concil.
text: The altar itself should also be consecrated.