Chapter 3 Flashcards
How did Jesus institute the Holy Quabana?
Using bread and wine (body and blood)
Where is the Temple of God?
Church
What is the church a symbol of?
Salvific presence of God across the universe
Which direction does the church face?
East-West
What are three important portions of the church?
Sanctuary, Questroma and Hykla
What is the other word for sanctuary?
Madbaha
What is the most holy place in church?
Sanctuary
Which direction is the sanctuary built in?
East West
What is the sanctuary a symbol of?
Heaven
Sanctuary is built _____ steps higher than the ______
Three, questroma
What did the veil protecting the sanctuary reveal?
Sanctity and the supremacy of the place
What is in the centre of the sanctuary?
Altar
What does the altar symbolise?
The divine throne of the Holy Trinity ,the tomb of Jesus, the sacrificial altar, the ladder leading to heaven and the table of banquet
What is the tabernacle?
Its reserve the Eucharist for holy communion outside Qurbana and for adoration
What is the bethgazzas?
On both sides of the altar and it is used to prepare sacrificial offering
What is the meaning of the word bethgazzas?
Treasury or nikshepalayam
What is the bethsahade?
Place to treasure relics of martyrs and at the right hand of the sanctuary
What is the bema?
The table at the centre with cross and candles
What is the bema a symbol of?
Earthly paradise
What is the questroma?
Where the choir stands and is one step higher than hykla
What is the hykla?
Where people stand
What is the symbol of hykla?
Symbol of earth