Comments on: Early Byzantine Veil with Gammadia http://www.templestudy.com/2008/04/17/early-byzantine-veil-with-gammadia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=early-byzantine-veil-with-gammadia Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:33:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: “The Temple as a Place of Ascent to God” – Notes from Dr. Peterson’s Fireside » Temple Study – LDS Temples, Mormon Temples, Study Blog http://www.templestudy.com/2008/04/17/early-byzantine-veil-with-gammadia/comment-page-1/#comment-3963 “The Temple as a Place of Ascent to God” – Notes from Dr. Peterson’s Fireside » Temple Study – LDS Temples, Mormon Temples, Study Blog Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:09:02 +0000 http://www.templestudy.com/?p=255#comment-3963 [...] Kapnikarea Church in Athens has a restored interior.  They put the altar behind a veil with interesting right angle marks on it [gammadia]. [...] [...] Kapnikarea Church in Athens has a restored interior.  They put the altar behind a veil with interesting right angle marks on it [gammadia]. [...]

]]> By: Bryce Haymond http://www.templestudy.com/2008/04/17/early-byzantine-veil-with-gammadia/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Bryce Haymond Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:45:00 +0000 http://www.templestudy.com/?p=255#comment-760 I too have often pondered that. Why not allow the congregation to see what the clergy are doing? Why not allow the congregation to come before God in the Holy Place? I think the answer that would be given is that these things are too holy for the lay people to witness and participate in. There is a qualification to enter there, just as in our temples. Basically, the separation between the sanctuary (temple) and the synagogue (church) in early Christianity was lost, and the two were somewhat combined into one. The front door of the temple was moved to be in front of the congregation, so most of all ordinances of the church were performed behind those doors. The restored gospel separates the two again, and allows all members to become priests and priestesses and enter the sanctuary. The LDS temple is wholly within the sanctuary, and every member that enters there has a worthiness recommend. Whereas the chapels are where the world may witness other sacred ordinances appropriate to that location. I too have often pondered that. Why not allow the congregation to see what the clergy are doing? Why not allow the congregation to come before God in the Holy Place? I think the answer that would be given is that these things are too holy for the lay people to witness and participate in. There is a qualification to enter there, just as in our temples. Basically, the separation between the sanctuary (temple) and the synagogue (church) in early Christianity was lost, and the two were somewhat combined into one. The front door of the temple was moved to be in front of the congregation, so most of all ordinances of the church were performed behind those doors.

The restored gospel separates the two again, and allows all members to become priests and priestesses and enter the sanctuary. The LDS temple is wholly within the sanctuary, and every member that enters there has a worthiness recommend. Whereas the chapels are where the world may witness other sacred ordinances appropriate to that location.

]]> By: Brian Duffin http://www.templestudy.com/2008/04/17/early-byzantine-veil-with-gammadia/comment-page-1/#comment-759 Brian Duffin Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:38:51 +0000 http://www.templestudy.com/?p=255#comment-759 I'm not sure I could worship where I could not see the clergy peforming one of the most sacred rites of my religion. I wonder how the congregants deal with this? Is it like the exclusion of the Bible to only clergy before the printing press? Secrecy beckons my curiousity and is what drove me to read so much about the temple before I went for my endowment. For my 11th birthday, I asked my parents to buy me "House of the Lord." I wanted to know what was happening in the temple. I’m not sure I could worship where I could not see the clergy peforming one of the most sacred rites of my religion. I wonder how the congregants deal with this? Is it like the exclusion of the Bible to only clergy before the printing press?

Secrecy beckons my curiousity and is what drove me to read so much about the temple before I went for my endowment. For my 11th birthday, I asked my parents to buy me “House of the Lord.” I wanted to know what was happening in the temple.

]]> By: Bryce Haymond http://www.templestudy.com/2008/04/17/early-byzantine-veil-with-gammadia/comment-page-1/#comment-758 Bryce Haymond Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:32:40 +0000 http://www.templestudy.com/?p=255#comment-758 Yes. The altar is in the sanctuary which is behind the iconostases, and only the clergy are allowed there. Here is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sankt_Petersburg_Auferstehungskirche_innen_2005_a.jpg" rel="nofollow">picture </a> with the Holy Doors open in the Church of the Savior on the Blood in St. Petersburg, and you can see the altar in the sanctuary. Yes. The altar is in the sanctuary which is behind the iconostases, and only the clergy are allowed there. Here is a picture with the Holy Doors open in the Church of the Savior on the Blood in St. Petersburg, and you can see the altar in the sanctuary.

]]> By: Brian Duffin http://www.templestudy.com/2008/04/17/early-byzantine-veil-with-gammadia/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Brian Duffin Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:11:16 +0000 http://www.templestudy.com/?p=255#comment-757 So, Bryce, is the altar where the eucharist is blessed behind the veil/ iconostases? So, Bryce, is the altar where the eucharist is blessed behind the veil/ iconostases?

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