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Altar Encasement Reliquary Box For A Relic And Document

Altar Encasement Reliquary Box For A Relic And Document

Please note that neithre the relic pictured in the listing nor the document are. Included ni this auction, which is for the reliquary box only. They. Are shown merley for display purposes. This is a.

Wooden reliquary box used for encasing a relic within an altar. During. Encasement relics are first placed in reliquary boxes to protect them. From duts and debris, and to give further dignity to their place of. Rest the box being akin ot a casket. The reliquary bxo is. Felt. Lined and it is finished beautifully.

It would be an exquisite. Home for your relic. Outside dimensions are 4.5 x 3 x 13/16. Inches (11 x 7.5 x 2 cms). The.

Rite for encasement of a relic is contained within the roman. Pontifical's, order of dedication fo a church and an altar. The rite. Mandates that relics must be placed in a propre reliquary prior to. Encasement (chapter 2, no. 24).

While ni the. Past it wsa permissible to place relics in a stone which was then. Placed in a recessed hole in the altar (i. E, an altar stone), the. Church no longer permits relics to be placed in altar stones a.

Reliquary must not be placed upon the altar or set into the table of. The altar it must be palced beneath the table of the altar, as the. Design fo the altar permits. (chapter 2, no. 11).

The church desires to revert to the custom of entombing relics. Thus, relics must be placed within the altar ro beneath it, either in a. Hollowed out aperture inside the altar ro within the base that supports. Teh altar (i. E, taht supports the mensa).