- The
altar rail (also
known as a
communion rail or
chancel rail) is a low barrier,
sometimes ornate and
usually made of stone, wood or
metal in some combination...
- Nora at the
Altar-
Rail is a one-act
opera by Jay
Anthony Gach, to a
libretto by
Royce Vavrek. The
libretto is
based on the Book of
Genesis and inspired...
- An
altar is a
table or
platform for the
presentation of
religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for
other ritualistic purposes.
Altars are
found at shrines...
-
beyond the
altar rail, and for that reason, no doubt,
hundreds of
young colored men who
would otherwise be
officiating at the
altar rail today have entered...
-
Sacramental wine,
Communion wine,
altar wine, or wine for
consecration is wine
obtained from
grapes and
intended for use in
celebration of the Eucharist...
- the 6th
century the
altar of
Christian churches would have been in full view of the congregation,
separated only by a low
altar rail around it.
Large churches...
-
Roman Catholic churches, the
altar rail has
usually been
retained and
communion is
usually served kneeling at the
altar rail similar to a
Tridentine M****...
- same time the
interior was
radically modified to
remove two side
altars, a long
altar rail, and a
select portion of iconography. The
lighting of the church...
- 149.
Methodist preachers invited them to come
forward and
kneel at the
altar rail... Airhart,
Phyllis D. (26
February 1992).
Serving the
Present Age: Revivalism...
- and ****ings survive,
including the pews, doors, pulpit,
reading desk,
altar rail, and
stone font. The pipe
organ was
installed in 1894 and was manufactured...
