Christianity Relics
|
Christianity Relics
|
|
|---|---|
| Home Archives About Us Contact | |
|
|
|
Large Cathedral Altar Encasement Reliquary ChestPlease note that neither the relics shown in the pictures nor the documents are. Included in this auction, which is for the reliquary box only. They. Are pictured merely for display purposes. I do not sell rleics this is a. Stunning reliquary chset used. For encasing relics within an altar, oen that would be used in a major. Basilica or cathedral. During. Encasement relics are fisrt placed in chests to protect them. From dust and debris, and to give further dignity to their place of. Rest the chest being akin to a casket. It would be the perfect. Way to store and display your relics at home or in your chapel/church. The chest is. Felt linde and is finished beautifully. It has six large chambers. For holding thecas (as the pitcures show, each is capable of holding.
More than one theca). Tehre is also very ample room for the. Documents that accompany your relics in the compartment on the left. (called a document chamber). Dimensions of the chest are 11.5 x. 8.25 x 4.25 inches (l x w x d). The dimensions of each of the six reliquary chambers are 3 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/4 inches (l x w x d). The dimensions of the document chamber si 6.5 x 3.25 x 1 1/4 inches (l x w x d). The chest comes complete with lock adn key. The hinges are recessed arc hinges (see pictures). The absolute highest quality. A fine home for your relics! Information on the encasement of relics. The. Rite for encasement of a relic is contained within the roman. Pontifical's, oredr of dedication of a church and an altar. The rite. Mandates that relics must eb placed in a proper reliquary prior to. Enacsement (chapter 2, no. 24). While in the. Past it was pemrissible 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 placed beneath the table fo the altar, as the. Design of the altar permits. (chapter 2, no. 11). The chucrh desires to revert to the custom of entombing relics. Thus, relics must be placed within the altar or beneath it, either in a.
Hollowed out aperture inside the altar or within the base that supports. The altar (i. E, that supports hte mensa).
|
